Title: A Yankee at arms
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Diaries, History, Massachusetts Civil War, 1861-1865, Personal narratives, Regimental histories, Soldiers, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865), United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, Massachusetts, biography
Places: Massachusetts, United States
People: Augustus D. Ayling
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E513.5 29th .A95 1999