The citizen-soldier
Ohio, history
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives
Regimental histories
United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Soldiers
Personal narratives
United States
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"When Southerners fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, John Beatty left his bank job in Ohio to answer President Lincoln's call for soldiers. Within a short while he was commanding the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as green to combat as his men. The diary he kept from June 1861 to January 1…
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