A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry

A company commander narrates his Civil War service from enlistment and training through front-line duties, marches, and camp life. He describes engagements in the Eastern theater — including Maryland campaigns, the actions at South Mountain and Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg — later service with the Army of the Cumberland, the Atlanta campaign, wounding and hospital care, the siege and fall of Atlanta, and participation in the march to the sea and operations around Savannah. The account interweaves tactical detail, logistical challenges, unit reorganization and veteranization, and personal observations on comradeship, hardship, and the return to civilian life.