On August 7, 1862, George Alfred Hitchcock, who was born in Ashby,
Massachusetts on January 15, 1844, left Ashby looking forward to a
reunion with his older brother, Henry Sparhawk Hitchcock, and
membership in Company A, 21st Massachusetts Infantry. From this
date until January 1, 1865, Hitchcock composed a personal
narrative, keeping a meticulous, detailed record of his daily
activities in pocket diaries. His first experience in battle was at
Fox' Gap on South Mountain, and then by an attack across Burnside's
Bridge at Antietam. This was followed by the disastrous Union
advance toward Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg; a journey by rail
to Paris, Kentucky via Pittsburgh, Columbus (detailed conflict of
drunken 21st soldiers with local security) and Cincinnati; the
protection of the Mount Sterling, Kentucky, area from guerrillas;
an expedition from Camp Nelson through the Cumberland Gap to
Eastern Tennessee; the skirmishes and battles in Burnside's
Knoxville campaign; the arduous return march to Camp Nelson during
a severe winter with Confederate prisoners; the persistent effort
to regain his health and then his return to the 21st Regiment; and
an compelling personal account of his capture at Cold Harbor and
imprisonment at Andersonville, Georgia, Millen, Georgia and
Florence, South Carolina; and finally, his release and life after
1865.
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