Lights and Shadows of Army Life: From Bull Run to Bentonv...
Westervelt, William B. / Westervelt, W. B. / Westervelt, Wm B.
William B. Westervelt served in the Union army for nearly four years. In 1886, he privately published Lights and Shadows of Army Life based on his war time diary. He first enlisted in the 27th New York, a two-year regiment and one of the first in the Army of the Potomac. Campaigns included Bull Run, The Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. With Major Generals Slocum and Bartlett, the first commanding officers of...