The Untried Life: The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
“James Fritsch has written more than simply a regimental history of the 29th Ohio Infantry. Through his skill as a writer and researcher he breathes life into these young men from Ohio and we feel their hopes and joys, fear and suffering, through four years of war as if we were one of them. This is history at its best.”— D. Scott Hartwig, historian, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania“The detail (inThe Untried Life) is fascinating. At times so plentiful the book feels like a real-time march, these particulars ultimately give the story its unexpectedly emotional resonance. A meticulous, human-scale history that lends new immediacy to events of 150 years ago,The Untried Liferewards the reader who sticks with it.”—The Plain Dealer“The Untried Lifeprovides a view of the Civil War from the soldier on the ground. Using letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts, the book offers an unfiltered view of the challenges, hardships, and personal sacrifices the soldiers faced and confirms the major role Ohio played in the Civil War. The book is a must read for both the amateur and professional historian of the Civil War.”— Donald C. Maness, coeditor ofDo They Miss Me at Home? The Civil War Letters of William McKnight, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry