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 War�s western front. This valuable historical and genealogical resource also includes discussions of the battles at Columbus, Perryville, and Atlanta, as well as the regiment�s Order of Battle and a regimental roster containing approximately 1,100 official war records from the Compiled Service Records.