Buckeye Odyssey: A Civil War History of the 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Through the Stories of Six Men

Recounting the remarkable odyssey of the 82nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry through the Second Manassas, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga, as well as the Atlanta, Savannah, and Carolina campaigns, this Civil War regimental history reconstructs the fascinating lives of six of its soldiers whose stories were little known or long forgotten. What is the real story behind a poignant Walt Whitman poem? How did an American treasure barely escape destruction and disappear for more than half ...