A NARRATIVE OF SERVICE
WITH THE THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY

BY JULIAN WISNER HINKLEY

Captain of Company E, and sometime Acting Major
of said Regiment
WISCONSIN HISTORY COMMISSION
SEPTEMBER, 1912

Opinions or errors of fact on the part of the respective authors of the Commission's publications (whether Reprints or Original Narratives) have not been modified or corrected by the Commission. For all statements, of whatever character, the Author alone is responsible

DEMOCRAT PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTER

Contents

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Wisconsin History Commission[viii]
Editor's Preface[ix]
Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry:
Enlistment and training[1]
Departure for the front[7]
Service in Maryland[9]
On the trail of Stonewall Jackson[15]
The tables turned[22]
At Cedar Mountain[32]
The Army retreats northward[38]
Moving toward the enemy[47]
Battle of South Mountain[49]
Battle of Antietam[51]
In winter quarters[63]
Chancellorsville[66]
A cavalry expedition[78]
Gettysburg[80]
On draft riot duty[92]
With the Army of the Cumberland[97]
The Third veteranizes[102]
Reorganizing Lincoln County[106]
Opening of the Atlanta campaign[116]
Wounded and in hospital[124]
The siege of Atlanta[129]
The march to the sea[146]
In front of Savannah[153]
In Savannah[163]
Marching northward[166]
Peace[173]
Homeward[176]
Index[183]