Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Preface 1 Introduction 3 1. "He Was Not a Close Student": Prelude to War 5 2. "Captain Bartlett Is One of the Noblest Fellows": The Harvard Regiment 12 3. "One of the Most Complete Slaughter Pens Ever Devised": The Battle of Ball's Bluff 21 4. "Our Regiment Met with the Greatest Loss": The Road to Yorktown 35 5. "We Are Learning Subordination Without Complaining": The 49th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 48 6. "Oh, How Good Berkshire Water Would Sell Here": The Department of the Gulf 59 7. "We Thought Him Too Brave a Man to Be Killed": Port Hudson 73 8.

"I Must Do the Best I Can": Into the Wilderness with the 57th Massachusetts 91 9. "Danger of Being Hit Any Minute": The Siege of Petersburg 105 10. "It Was Pandemonium Let Loose": The Crater 112 11. "A Horrible Dream Which I Can Never Forget": Prisoner of War 136 12. "I Think It Would Be Hard to Find Two Happier People": War's End 144 13. "United We Are Invincible": The Postwar Years 152 14. "No Greater or Purer Hero": Frank Bartlett's Legacy 171 Chapter Notes 185 Bibliography 201 Index 205.