FYI: Juliet Evans [daughter of Isaac Evans and Jane Morton, Isaac's first wife] married Judge Theophilus Lyle Dickey. One of their children, Martha Ann, married Gen. William Harvey Lamme Wallace, who was injured at the Battle of Shiloh and died a couple of days later. Below is a letter he wrote to Martha Ann before he died. pg. 20] Colonel William H. L. Wallace, of Ottawa, Ill., a successful lawyer and a prominent Republican politician before the Civil War, had been a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in 1856. Wallace, who had been a second lieutenant in the Mexican War, abandoned his law practice at the outbreak of the Civil War and was mustered as colonel of the 11th Ill. on April 30, 1861. In June the 11th Ill. was ordered to Bird's Point, Mo., opposite Cairo. Wallace commanded the Second Brigade of the First Division of Grant's army under Brigadier General John A. McClernand at Fort Henry. The day after the fort surrendered, Wallace described the action in a letter to his wife, Martha Ann Dickey Wallace, daughter of T. Lyle Dickey who had been a prominent Illinois lawyer, judge, and politician, and presently was colonel of the 4th Ill. Cavalry with Grant.13 Fort Henry Tenn. Feb. 7, 1862 Dear Ann:--We are here--got in yesterday afternoon after the gun boats had shelled the enemy out--We (the 2nd Brigade) were some 3 or 4 miles out, on the march, when the cannonading ceased--It lasted about two hours & was tremendous--The effect of the fire on the fortifications here was terrible--Guns dismounted--earthworks torn up & the evidences of carnage meet the eye on every hand--It was a strong place & could have been held by a determined force for a long time--The enemy seemed to have been siezed with a panic & the whole body some 4 or 5000 left, leaving an artillery company in the Fort--Genl. Lloyd Til[gh]man who is in command of this district or division of the rebel forces is among the prisoners--Our loss aside from the scalding of some 30 men on one of the gun boats by the cutting of a steam pipe, was one man from the 4th Cavalry, belonging to Capt. Shepherdson company14--The 4th cavalry did good service in following up the retreating enemy They took eight cannon & 40 prisoners They feel mighty fine over it--The 11th didnt get under fire but hope for better luck next time. I am exceedingly tired & this morning I had a tremendous headache the worst I ever had--induced doubtless by long continued exposure & loss of sleep & irregularity in my meals--I have just laid down in Capt Rawlins15 stateroom on the steamer & slept an hour or so, & got some dinner & I feel much better & am now going out to my command which is encamped on the hills-- [pg. 21] Genl. Grant invited me me to take a state room on his boat & perhaps I will for tonight-- I dont know where we go to next, but I suppose we will follow them up & perhaps attack Ft. Donaldson on the Cumberland which is 13 miles distant-- The men have been without tents most of the time since we started--The 11th had not had a tent since we landed & they were exposed to a tremendous rain the night before we marched here--The roads were horrible--but notwithstanding this they marched & took the heavy trains of artillery over the worst roads I ever saw-- God bless you my darling wife--I feel to rely on His providence & protection more & more--I know He will take care of us all if we do our duty, & in this I feel I am doing my duty--The prospect for being with you on the 18th are not flattering at present, but yet I am not altogether without hope--Kiss Blossom & Tilly for me--My regards to all our good friends & believe that I love you with my whole heart--Good bye-- Yours W H L WALLACE ------------ Source for this letter: http://library.msstate.edu/usgrant/newsletter2.asp also 13. Portions of this letter have been published in Isabel Wallace, Life & Letters of General W. H. L. Wallace (Chicago, 1909), 155. The letter is in the Wallace-Dickey Papers, Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Ill.