The Twenty-first Michigan Infantry. In the Murfreesboro campaign, the
regiment, detached from its old command, fought in the division of
Brigadier-General "Phil" Sheridan, a leader who became scarcely less
renowned in the West than Sherman and gave a good account of himself and
his men at Stone's River. Most of the faces in the picture are those of
boys, yet severe military service has already given them the unmistakable
carriage of the soldier. The terrible field of Chickamauga lay before
them, but a few months in the future; and after that, rejoining their
beloved "Old Tecumseh," they were to march with him to the sea and witness
some of the closing scenes in the struggle.
[Illustration: FIGHTERS IN THE WEST