july september served drummer boy union_army american_civil_war war wrote war rebellion complete record regiment formed union_army histories battles fought taking years background born lost parents childhood july age years civil war friend ran away school intention joining army friend aunt provided guardian consent enlist minor friend decided sign carefully assumed friend surname avoid traced returned school july having passed routine physical examination drummer boy company 7th army life continued serve company remaining years war unknown actively participated fighting likely helped wounded engagements 7th connecticut equipped december making better equipped fight armed slower muzzle loaded rifle regiment saw action battles service including february bluff bermuda june richmond campaign june january battle farm september october second battle fort fisher january battle wilmington february july regiment mustered service war having ended april post war years stopped false war attended grammar school connecticut education left soldier age commercial traveller occupation maintained fourteen years moving cities states pennsylvania new_york moved philadelphia manufactured sold veterans married delaware moved pittsburgh fall moved washington pennsylvania whilst living washington went business frank ward forming ward ran moved business residing cities settling family cleveland ohio set temporary residence iowa dedicated working isolation compiling collection million names dates intense years remained promote office moving boston massachusetts family member republic patriotic society civil war union veterans time started acquire details union regiments job commercial traveller brought touch veterans officials gathered official figures statistics collected expanded areas regiments details formations battles movements similar data began research official records state capitals continued speaking soldiers high standing officers expressed interest comprehensive welcomed future publication utilized official materials available years information gathering moved single room start producing worthy print seven revisions taking seven months piles notes produce accurate account union army working day night sleeping bed placed close desk producing page manuscript published february personally funded wrote promoted work printed iowa total copies issued single volume edition measuring inches imperial spanning pages consisting parts number organization chronological record campaigns battles engagements actions skirmishes etc united_states contains photographs union soldiers officers maps drawings uniforms battles civil war includes recruitment medical form personal letters original bound morocco leather cloth sold apiece equivalent terms received civil war veterans historians alike praised accuracy value compared official military records death died september aged survived wife children buried boston massachusetts new veterans lot avenue unmarked grave request interred monument stating serve memory life long monument away works original publication reprinted times popularity civil war historians enthusiasts editions follows war rebellion new_york includes new introduction new introduction press
Frederick H. Dyer