Three years in the Sixth Corps

An eyewitness account by a regimental surgeon tracing his unit's journey from early organization through service within a corps in the Army of the Potomac, chronicling marches, sieges, major campaigns and battles, camp life, and the medical and hospital work accompanying combat. The narrative combines field notes, officers' reports, and personal observations to describe tactical movements, engagements, disease and casualty care, retreats and advances, and the daily routines and hardships of soldiers, illustrated with on-site sketches and supplemented by correspondence and diaries.