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At the outbreak of war in 1861, Russell M. Tuttle was a junior at the University of Rochester. Inspired by the death of a friend, and urged by classmates and an influential professor, he enlisted with the 107th Regiment, New York Volunteers in August 1862. During the war, he saw action in Maryland, Virginia and Tennessee, took part in the Siege of Atlanta and the March to the Sea, and returned through the Carolinas on his march home in the waning days of conflict. An orderly sergeant at muster, he achieved the rank of captain before discharge at war's end.Sensitive, introspective and literate, Tuttle kept a journal of those bloody years between 1861 and 1865. Previously unpublished and only recently discovered, the journal tells the story of a young man driven to war by principle and the resulting struggle of loneliness, bloodshed, self-preservation and hope that often defines soldiers. This volume contains the text of Tuttle's journal along with 38 photographs, rare period illustrations, maps and an index of names and locations. Appendices include an obituary of Tuttle, an overview of the 107th and an 1861 description of the effects of disease on an army in the field.
Table of ContentsEditor’s Note List of Maps 1. War! War!! War!!! 2. In the Service of the United States 3. The Maryland Campaign 4. Back Across Virginia to Join Hooker 5. Fairfax Station, Virginia 6. Hooker’s Campaign of the Spring of 1863 7. One Year of Service Is Passed 8. Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee 9. On the March 10. After the Battle 11. August 13, 1864 12. Entered Atlanta 13. The Siege of Atlanta 14. “Going South to Seek Salt Water” 15. Entered Savannah 16. Goodbye Savannah 17. Homeward Bound Epilogue Appendix A. History of the Tuttle Family Appendix B. A Note on the 107th New York Volunteers Appendix C. “Health of the Volunteers” Index
“highly recommended...very readable”—Civil War News.
