Their national colors bear testimony to the extent and significance of their battlefield experiences at the battles of Perryville, Kentucky; Chickamauga, Georgia; Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge, Tennessee.  In 1864, under the command of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman they saw action at Resaca, Cassville, Kenesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Jonesboro and the siege of Atlanta, Georgia.  From there they again marched with Sherman to the sea and fought the battles of Averysboro, Bentonville, and Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1865.  They were welcomed as heroes by their countrymen on May 24, 1865, when they received the nation’s recognition and gratitude as they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. in the Grand Review.

 Much of the story of this regiment is told through several collections of letters and diaries which provide the soldiers’ views of their day to day activities, as well as stirring descriptions of their many trials by fire. 

 Part Two of the book provides an annotated roster of the 1,278 men who served in the regiment over the course of the war from 1861 until 1865.  Although the men of the Thirty-third were Ohioans at the outbreak of the war, today, their descendants are scattered across the country.  By the end of the nineteenth century, records such as the 1890 Veterans Schedule and soldier pension documents indicate that many of the soldiers and their families had moved westward across America’s heartland and as far as the Pacific coast.

 This book contains over ninety photographs, ten maps and multiple charts as well as an every name index. Hardback with dust jacket. 584 pages, $45.00.  Available from the author for an autographed copy, or from Little Miami Publishing, Milford, Ohio, and will be available upon release through Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Joseph Beth bookstores.