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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. ASSOCIATION COPY of this 1st Edition - Signed by Warner Mills (*Compliments of Warner Mills, Capt., 32d Regt, OVI*) who was secretary-treasurer of the regiment's postwar association and as a member of the Publication/Historical Committee that examined and approved this book. It is in VERY GOOD condition with no defects aside from light wear at the corners of the cover. 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . . History of the Thirty-second Regiment: Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry is a substantial late 19th century regimental history compiled under the direction of editor E. Z. Hays, chairman of the unit?s historical committee, and printed in 1896. It traces the organization of the 32nd Ohio from its 1861 formation at Camp Bartley near Mansfield through four years of Civil War service, emphasizing accurate dates, places, and firsthand recollections without rhetorical flourish. The narrative moves chronologically through early operations in western Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley, including Bull Pasture Mountain, Cross Keys, and the controversial surrender at Harpers Ferry, setting the regiment?s experience within the larger movements of Union armies in the eastern theater. Subsequent chapters follow the regiment westward into the Vicksburg campaign, garrison and expeditionary duty in Mississippi and Louisiana, reenlistment as veteran volunteers, and participation in the Atlanta Campaign, March to the Sea, and Carolinas operations that culminated in Johnston?s surrender and the Grand Review in Washington. Rich in soldier?written sketches and incident, the volume combines official chronology with personal anecdote, offering detailed accounts of field service, casualties, captures, and reorganizations, as well as an index that facilitates research into particular battles, officers, and companies.