William Francis Bartlett: biography of a Union general in the Civil War

"He was not a close student": prelude to war

"Captain Bartlett is one of the noblest fellows": the Harvard regiment

"One of the most complete slaughter pens ever devised": the Battle of Ball's Bluff

"Our regiment met with the greatest loss": the road to Yorktown

"We are learning subordination without complaining": the 49th Massachusetts volunteer infantry

"Oh, how good Berkshire water would sell here": the Department of the Gulf

"We thought him too brave a man to be killed": Port Hudson

"I must do the best I can": into the wilderness with the 57th Massachusetts

"Danger of being hit any minute": the siege of Petersburg

"It was pandemonium let loose": the Crater

"A horrible dream which I can never forget": prisoner of war

"I think it would be hard to find two happier people": war's end

"United we are invincible": the postwar years

"No greater or purer hero": Frank Bartlett's legacy.