Using the soldiers actual letters, memoirs, war records, and obituaries, James R. Fleming documents this immortal band of brothers, which included five of his own ancestors, as they endure the privations of life on the Civil Wars western front. This valuable historical and genealogical resource also includes discussions of the battles at Columbus, Perryville, and Atlanta, as well as the regiments Order of Battle and a regimental roster containing approximately 1,100 official war records from the Compiled Service Records.