A classic account of the Civil War from a Union Army Infantry
officer In 1861 John Beatty raised a company of Ohio Volunteers to
take their part in the great conflict between the states. From this
time, as an officer of the 3rd Ohio Volunteer regiment he
faithfully kept an almost daily journal of life in a Union Infantry
regiment. As the campaign in West Virginia began Beatty recorded
the events of army life on the march, around the campfire, on
picquet duty and in clashes with the Confederate enemy. He has a
fine sense of humour and his anecdotes of dialogue involving
soldiers, former slaves, his brother officers and their 'rebel'
prisoners elevate his text from the run of the mill military
memoir. Battlefield accounts are equally graphically drawn
including Perryville which he experienced as a regimental officer.
Promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers in 1862, Beatty
commanded a brigade at Stone River, Tuilahoma and Chickamauga.
Another brigade appointment saw him in action at Chattanooga and
Knoxville. This edition includes the narrative of General Harrison
Hobart of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Beatty's close friend,
in which he recounts the story of his capture, imprisonment and
escape.
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