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Appointed Colonel of the 21st IllinoisPersonnel of the
RegimentGeneral LoganMarch to MissouriMovement against Harris at
Florida, Mo.General Pope in CommandStationed at Mexico, Mo. I
was absent from the State capital on this occasion the
Presidents second call for troops was issued. This time it was
for 300,000 men, for three years or the war. This brought into
the United States service all the regiments then in the State
service. These had elected their officers from highest to lowest
and were accepted with their organizations as they were, except
in two instances. A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had
elected a very young man to the colonelcy. When it came to
taking the field the regiment asked to have another appointed
colonel and the one they had previously chosen made lieutenant-
colonel. The 21st regiment of infantry, mu