THE

BOYS IN BLUE;

OR

HEROES OF THE "RANK AND FILE."

COMPRISING

INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES FROM CAMP, BATTLE-FIELD, AND HOSPITAL,
WITH NARRATIVES OF THE SACRIFICE SUFFERING,

AND TRIUMPHS OF THE

Soldiers of the Republic.

BY

MRS. A. H. HOGE, ASSOCIATe Manager

Of the North-western Branch of the U. S. Sanitary Commission, Chicago.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION

By THOMAS M. EDDY, D.D.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF THE MOST STRIKING
SCENES OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

NEW YORK :

E. B. TREAT & CO.,

CHICAGO, ILL.: C. W. LILLEY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867,

By MES. A. H. HOGE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.

THE NEW YORK PRINTING COMPANY,
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THE RETURNED, TRIUMPHANT SOLDIERS OF

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC,

AND TO THE MEMORY OF

THE HONORED DEAD

WHOSE PRECIOUS DUST LIES SCATTERED FROM

MAINE TO TEXAS,

The Work is Dedicated.