The Story of a Thousand

Excerpt from The Story of a Thousand The Story of a Thousand is intended to be what the name imports, a story of the service of the 105th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of Rebellion, dealing with events of a general interest to all its members rather than with mere personal incident. While it is true, that personal incident maybe of especial interest to the survivors, the general public and even our immediate descendants, are less concerned about such matters than the general character of the service. I have therefore, endeavored to restrict personal incident almost entirely to illustrative events common to the experience of all. Fortunately, perhaps, the regiment whose history I was asked to write, was one in which personal adventure cut a remarkably small figure. In its whole history, there is hardly an instance of individual contact with an enemy. There are no startling experiences to relate, no deeds of special daring or hair-breadth escapes. Except Captain Wallace's rush after an escaping spy on the 17th of November, 1864, striking him with the hilt of his saber with such force as to break the guard and render his recapture easy, there is hardly a case of individual conflict. One other officer was saved from a personal encounter with a confederate in the charge made at Chickamauga, by a shot from one of the men. But, as a rule, while all experienced many pleasant and unpleasant episodes, they were not of a character to be of general interest or importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.