His first battle under General Grant was at Fort Henry, Tennessee, and then at Fort Doneleson. He was promoted to orderly sergeant after this.
Then came the Battle of Shiloh. After this, he was made captain of Company D. 45th Illinois. The reason for this was that the captain, 1st and 2nd lieutenants had been killed. (Just the captain, Thomas Connor had been killed.)
Then came Vicksburg and Co. D was there. During the siege, Captain Hager received a flesh wound in the leg and was in the hospital for two months. On July 4, 1863, the Union Army entered the surrendered city. Captain Hager, at the order of the colonel of his regiment, planted the United States flag upon the Vicksburg court house.
After Vicksburg, Company D was granted a furlough and Captain Hager returned to Galena.
--Old Secesh
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