Running Away to Join the Magnificent Eleventh
By Scott Valentine Charles Augustus Oliver ran away from home to join the army in the summer of 1862. The 17-year-old son of a patriotic New Jersey family slipped away
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Alone in His Glory
By Scott Valentine Fate had been unkind to the 6th New Hampshire Infantry during the 1864 Overland Campaign. In The Wilderness on May 6, it suffered 48 casualties. By the