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"Ken Hechler, through the period letters of his ancestors, George and John Hechler, gives a vivid account of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War and the trials and tribulations faced by the two men. From camp life at Parkersburg and Summersville, to the bloody battlefields of Lewisburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and others, the 36th Regiment served valiantly, described in detail by the Hechler boys"--Page 4 of cover.