The Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service in the Union army in April, 1861. This book recounts their activities during the First Bull Run Campaign, the Peninsula campaign, the Battle of Malvern Hill, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Battle of Cold Harbor, and the fall of Richmond. They were mustered out on December 19, 1865. Biographical sketches of key personalities in the history of the regiment are included as well as a description of the regiment's Gettysburg monument and its dedication ceremony.

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The many regiments that fought in the Civil War each had their own stories to tell about what they saw, smelled, tasted, heard and felt while serving in war. The Second Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Old Vermont Brigade was one of these. This regiment saw its first combat at the Battle of Bull Run and fought on to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. This richly illustrated work draws from service, pension and court-martial records, and personal letters and diaries to portray the junior officers, noncommissioned officers, and privates of the regiment as they were in battle, on the march, and in camp. Some were heroes, like Private William W. Noyes, who was awarded the Medal of Honor, and others were not, like Private George E. Blowers, who was publicly executed for desertion. A roster of the 1,858 men who served in the regiment is also provided.

The Second Georgia Infantry Regiment fought in all of the most famous and important campaigns of the Eastern theater of the American Civil War. This written and pictorial history is told by or on behalf of the men who comprised the unit.