History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ery small part of the grand army—in the work ofcrushing the rebellion. It is a plain recital of the minorincidents in the daily life of one of the Regiments that wasbut an insignificant part of that mighty host, beneath whosetread a continent was rocked more than a quarter of a cen-tury ago. It is a record of the personal experiences andobservations of one individual who, as a part of one of theminor organizations of this grand army, shared the priva-tions and danger
History of the Fifty-eighth regiment of Indiana volunteer infantry : its organization, campaigns and battles from 1861 to 1865 . ery small part of the grand army—in the work ofcrushing the rebellion. It is a plain recital of the minorincidents in the daily life of one of the Regiments that wasbut an insignificant part of that mighty host, beneath whosetread a continent was rocked more than a quarter of a cen-tury ago. It is a record of the personal experiences andobservations of one individual who, as a part of one of theminor organizations of this grand army, shared the priva-tions and dangers common to all. It is a pen picture of asoldiers life in camp, on the march and on the is the drawing aside of the veil that hides scenes ofthe past, and disclosing to view, in a most realistic manner,events that were so familiar to those who participated inthem, a generation ago. In the arrangement of Chaplain Rights manuscript forpublication the compiler has endeavored to preserve the gen-eral features of the text, and carry out the design of theauthor, so far as this was known from personal expressions. GILBERT R. STORMONT. COMPILER AND PUBLISHER. PREFACE. 15 frequently made before his death, and from expressionsfound in the manuseript itself. Only such changes weremade as seemed to be necessary to conform to this generaldesign. The greater part of the writing was done bythe author under circumstances that were not con-ducive to the most careful thought. Often the facil-ities for writing were of the crudest sort ; and yet avery remarkable feature of this most remarkable col-lection of manuscript, is that it was so well writtenand was kept in such excellent condition. In theearlier months of the Regiments service the history waswritten in skeleton, and many important facts were eitheromitted or were presented in a fragmentary shape. To fillout such omitted portions the compiler had to rely on hisown private diary, which he fortunately found, covering thatper
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