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Excerpt from My Experience as a Prisoner of War, and Escape From Libby Prison Entered the service of the United States May 25, 1861, as sergeant Company F. 2nd Michigan Infantry, particpating with his command in the engagements at Blackburns' Ford, July 18, '61; siege of Yorktown, April 4 to May 4, '62; Williamsburg, Va., May 5, '62; Fair Oaks, May 31st and June 1st, '62; near Richmond, June 18, '62; Glendale, June 30; Malven Hill, July 1st, '62; second Bull Run, August 28-29-30, '62; Chantilly, Sept. 1st, '62. At the battle of Williamsburg, Va., received three serious wounds, was promoted to rank of captain to date Sept. 10th, 1861. Nov. 20th, 1862, promoted to rank of Lieut. Colonel and transferred to the 21st Michigan Infantry on duty with the Army of the Cumberland, near Nashville, Tennessee. Soon after being assigned the command of the regiment, and as such engaged in the campaign and battle of Stone River, Dec. 26th, '62, to Jan 3, '63. 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.