The Untried Life: The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

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The Untried Life James T. Fritsch The Untried Life The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil W ar Swallow Press / Ohio University Press • Athens Swallow Press / Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 www.ohioswallow.com© 2012 by James T. Fritsch All rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Swallow Press / Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the United States of America Swallow Press / Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper ƒ ™ 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fritsch, James T. ( James Thomas), 1959– The untried life : the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War / James T. Fritsch. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8040-1139-6 (pbk. : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-0-8040-4047-1 (electronic) 1. United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861–1865) 2. Ohio—History—Civil War, 1861–1865— Regimental histories. 3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Regimental histories. 4. Soldiers— Ohio—Biography. 5. Ohio—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 6. United States—History— Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 7. United States. Army—Military life—History—19th century. I. Title. E525.529th .F74 2012 973.7'471—dc23 2012008952 For my mother and grandmothers, who taught me to consider those who passed this way before ...