A Civil War Diary January 1, 1862 - December 31, 1865 written by Dr. James A. Black; First Assistant Surgeon, 49th Illinois Infantry Signed and Personalized by transcriber/ editor, Benita Moore, with an inscription written to 'Wendy' on the inside cover page- see photo. Hardcover with mylar jacket Copyright 2008 Assistant Surgeon James A. Black takes the reader on a seldom traveled journey--a fourteen hundred sixty-one day excursion--as he participates in the American Civil War. The 49th Illinois Infantry Regiment was mustered into service December 31, 1861, briefly trained at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Illinois, and was engaged in combat by February, 1862. Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble By James Lee McDonough Hardcover 2004 After Sherman's forces ravaged Atlanta in 1864, Grant urged him to complete the primary mission given him: to destroy the Confederate Army in Georgia. And perhaps more important, to recapture the long occupied city of Nashville.