Excerpt from War Diary and Letters of Stephen Minot Weld, 1861-1865 Thinking over my life, it has often occurred to me that my children and their descendants might find it of inter est to know something about the life of their ancestor who fought in the Civil \var, just as I myself would give a great deal if I had some story of my ancestors in the Rev olution. Accordingly I have gathered together from my diary, which I kept during a greater portion of the - some of which I lost, which made it, of course, um available, also from letters written home to my father and mother and sisters, facts which will interest my chil dren. I have added to it a brief account of the genealogy of the family so far as it is known, also some facts in my father's life, and some in my own life not connected with the War. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.