A Yankee at arms
Subtitle: the diary of Lieutenant Augustus D. Ayling, 29th Massachusetts Volunteers
By: edited by Charles F. Herberger.
Contributors: Herberger, Charles F.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War; Voices of the Civil War series.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Ayling, Augustus D. -- Diaries.; United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865); Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Diaries.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Description: When New Englander Augustus Ayling responded to President Lincoln's first call for volunteers at the outbreak of the Civil War, he began a diary that he would keep until the end of the conflict. That recently discovered manuscript now provides us with an unusual panorama of the Civil War as seen by one man who fought in three different theaters.

Throughout his diary, Ayling eloquently described the difficult conditions under which soldiers served, revealing both the pleasures and problems of an officer's life. As lively and dramatic in its reportage of key events as it is meticulous in detail, Ayling's diary provides valuable perspectives on both the battlefield and the homefront.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Enlistment and Fort Monroe; title: The Monitor and the Merrimack and Newport News; title: An infantry officer in the Army of the Potomac; title: McClellan's retreat and the hospitalization of Lieutenant Ayling; title: Lieutenant Ayling on sick leave; title: The Fredericksburg Campaign; title: Winter camp and transfer to Newport News; title: A wartime love affair; title: Occupation duty in Kentucky; title: Down the Mississippi and the siege of Vicksburg; title: Occupation in Mississippi and return to Kentucky; title: travel to Knoxville on return from sick leave; title: Winter camp in Eastern Tennessee; title: Hard times and a depleted company; title: The end of the War; title: Postwar duty in Richmond, Virginia; title: Last days in Richmond; title: Epilogue; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.