This unpretending
volume is prepared at the urgent solicitation of the officers
and men of the Regiment, whose services it records. The author
offers no apology for adding to the long list of books with which
the press is teeming, upon the subject of our recent struggle
for the permanency of free institutions. The field of thought
and range of topics are so wide that a record of individual experience
and observation, as well as the movements of armies, will command
attention, since all well understood that the glory of our arms
has been secured through the efficiency of the individual soldier,
under subordinate commanders. While our great leaders and their
noble armies are exalted to the highest position of honor, it
will not be deemed presumptuous for the various sub-divisions
of those armies to claim their right to be heard. The object
of their volume is to present the outline of the operations in
the Valley of the Mississippi and in the several Cotton States,
in which the Twelfth Indiana volunteer Infantry participated.
If the numerous friends of the Indiana soldiers are led to appreciate
their services more fully by reading this volume, the aim of
the author will be secured. CHICAGO, August 28, 1865 |
Introduction | |
Chapter I | Organization and Service on the Potomac |
Chapter II | Reorganization and Service in Kentucky |
Chapter III | Campaign in Northern Mississippi |
Chapter IV | Retrospect of the Year |
Chapter V | The Coming of the Mail |
Chapter VI | Winter Quarters at Grand Junction |
Chapter VII | Camp at Fort Loomis |
Chapter VIII | The Vicksburg Campaign |
Chapter IX | The Jackson Campaign |
Chapter X | Rest at Camp Sherman |
Chapter XI | The Chattanooga Campaign |
Chapter XII | Relief of Knoxville |
Chapter XIII | Winter Quarters at Scottsboro |
Chapter XIV | The Atlanta Campaign |
Chapter XV | Battle of Resaca |
Chapter XVI | Battle of Dallas |
Chapter XVII | Battle of Kenesaw Mountain |
Chapter XVIII | Battle of Atlanta |
Chapter XIX | Battle of Ezra Church |
Chapter XX | Battle of Jonesboro |
Chapter XXI | Camp at East Point |
Chapter XXII | Pursuit of Hood |
Chapter XXIII | The Savannah Campaign |
Chapter XXIV | The South Carolina Campaign |
Chapter XXV | Battle of Bentonville |
Chapter XXVI | Advance upon Raleigh |
Chapter XXVII | Homeward Bound |
Chapter XXVIII | Conclusion |
Regimental Register |
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