WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO.
PRINTERS
NEW YORK AND ALBANY
To the officers, and the men in the ranks, of my company, and to the memory of departed comrades, this book is respectfully dedicated.
The Author
"God of all nations! Sovereign Lord!
In Thy dread name we draw the sword
We lift the starry flag on high
That fills with light our stormy sky."
PREFACE
In writing this book it has not been my purpose to compile a history of our Company, which would necessitate the gathering together of its records, which of themselves would be dry and uninteresting to the average reader, but such a narrative as would give to our friends a wider knowledge of our everyday life while in the service, and to my comrades that feeling of kinship so dear to the soldier's heart.