In late 1861, 16-year-old John Ryan of West Newton, Mass., enlisted in the 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, thus beginning a lengthy Army career that extended to December 1876 and included 10 years in the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment on the Plains under the legendary Lt. Col. George A. Custer.
But first came four years of Civil War service, starting with three years in the 28th Massachusetts, much of it while the hard-fighting unit was assigned to the Irish Brigade of Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher. Another seven months followed late in the war in the 61st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Between his Civil War service in the Massachusetts regiments and the 7th Cavalry, Ryan saw many "hard sights" on some 45 battlefields. In the Civil War, he fought at Secessionville, S.C.; Manassas and Chantilly, Va.; Antietam, Md.; Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va.; and Gettysburg, Pa. In his last battle with the 28th on Aug. 25, 1864, at Reams Station, Va., he was seriously wounded. Yet he survived the carnage of the Civil War as well as on the Plains against Indians at the Washita and Little Bighorn rivers. Returning in 1876 to West Newton, where he lived for 50 more years, he wrote a 600-page memoir of his military career, including 475 pages on his experiences in the Indian wars.
Another 125 pages dealt with his Civil War career and provide an extraordinary look into the life of an enlisted man in the 28th Massachusetts, one of the hardest-fighting regiments in the Union Army. Civil War historians, Irish Brigade enthusiasts and reenactors all will find much to savor in this unique account.
6 x 9, 224 pages, 83 illustrations and maps
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Sandy Barnard, a writer for more than 30 years, specializes in the Civil War and the Plains Indians wars. His books include Ten Years with Custer, A 7th Cavalryman's Memoirs; Custer's First Sergeant John Ryan; I Go with Custer, The Life and Death of Reporter Mark Kellogg; and Digging Into Custer's Last Stand. He is editor of Greasy Grass magazine, published by Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association.
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