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vii Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Prologue: The Wonder of the Age 1 Part One. “Madly from Their Spheres”: The Long Road into Battle 1. “We Are All War”: April–July 1861 11 2. Founders’ Club: July–September 1861 23 3. Camp Giddings: Early Promise, Fall 1861 29 4. Recruiting Wars: Fall 1861 39 5. Camp Giddings: Season of Complaint, Late Fall 1861 52 6. “The Emblem of Universal Freedom”: Late Fall 1861 61 7. “At the Threshold of an Untried Life”: Camp Chase, Columbus, December 1861–January 1862 70 Part Two. With the Eastern Armies 8. A Good “Breaking-In”: Winter on the Upper Potomac, 1862 83 9. The Ball Opens: The Battle of Kernstown, March 23, 1862 102 10. Chasing Jackson: March–June 1862 117 11. “Up the River and Back of the Mountains”: The Battle of Port Republic, June 9, 1862 129 12. “Rest Now, Rest”: Alexandria, Virginia, June–July 1862 142 13. “South of Anywhere”: The Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9, 1862 156 14. “In the Hands of Devils”: Prison Stories, 1862 166 15. Narrow Escapes: The Second Bull Run Campaign, August 1862 175 16. Restoration: Frederick, Maryland, Fall 1862 185 viii c o n t e n t s 17. Our Valley Forge: Dumfries, Virginia, Winter 1863 201 18. Saving the Life of the Army: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1–3, 1863 216 19. Aquia Creek Interlude: May–June 1863 236 20. Saving the Life of the Nation: The Gettysburg Campaign, June–July 1863 248 21. Journeying Forth: Summer–Fall 1863 265 Part Three: With the Western Armies 22. The Battles around Chattanooga: Fall 1863 279 23. Home and Back Again: Bridgeport, Alabama, Winter 1864 292 24. “They Called It a Demonstration”: The Fight for Dug Gap, May 8, 1864 304 25. Continuous Battle: The Approach to Atlanta, May–August 1864 318 26. Closing on the Prize: The Fall and Occupation of Atlanta, July–November 1864 339 27. Tearing It Up: The March to the Sea, the Fall of Savannah, and the Carolinas Campaign, November 1864–April 1865 353 28. The Long Way Home: May–July 1865 368 Notes 381 Bibliography 467 Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment Index 477 General Index 487 Illustrations following page 276 ...