A Legacy Of Valor: The Memoirs And Letters Of Captain Henry Newton Comey

“The letters, memoir, and diary of Henry N. Comey are well written and of considerable historical value. As the writer was both an enlisted man and an officer in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, he supplies several perspectives on life in camp and battle in one of the Union army’s ‘fighting’ regiments. There are excellent descriptions of parts of the battles of Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station and Gettysburg.” —Frank L. Byrne, late of Kent State University

In May 1861, followi...