Excerpt from The Battle of GettysburgCommissioned on June 20 Of that year as First Lieutenant of Company I Of the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, of the Iron Brigade, he served as Adjutant of his regiment until April 14, 1862. Contemporaneous accounts state that much Of the excellent discipline for which this regiment was distinguished, was due to his soldierly efforts dur ing its organization.He was called from the adjutancy of the Sixth to be aide~de~camp to General John Gibbon, when the latter assumed command of the Iron Brigade.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.