Reminiscences of a Soldier of the Orphan Brigade

A veteran of the Orphan Brigade offers first-person recollections of military service, recounting camp life, marches, and vivid combat episodes at engagements such as Shiloh, Vicksburg, Murfreesboro, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Dalton, Dallas, Atlanta, and Jonesboro. Episodic chapters mix tactical and practical details with personal anecdotes about comradeship, fear, loss, and resilience, and the author records later visits to former battlefields. The narrative includes formal addresses and a commemorative poem, balancing scene-driven memory with reflective commentary on aftermath, remembrance, and the bonds formed by shared wartime experience.