Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-296) and index.
Contents:
Enlistment and Fort Monroe -- The Monitor and the Merrimack and Newport News -- An infantry officer in the Army of the Potomac -- McClellan's retreat and the hospitalization of Lieutenant Ayling -- Lieutenant Ayling on sick leave -- The Fredericksburg Campaign -- Winter camp and transfer to Newport News -- A wartime love affair -- Occupation duty in Kentucky -- Down the Mississippi and the siege of Vicksburg -- Occupation in Mississippi and return to Kentucky -- travel to Knoxville on return from sick leave -- Winter camp in Eastern Tennessee -- Hard times and a depleted company -- The end of the War -- Postwar duty in Richmond, Virginia -- Last days in Richmond -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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