Writing Genealogy Series: From Binghamton to the Battlefield

Thursday, April 3, 6-7pm. Amy Truesdell continues the genealogy series. She'll talk about how she researched and wrote about her great-great-grandfather Rollin who was a Union soldier during the Civil War.
The Book:
From Binghamton to the Battlefield draws the reader alongside Rollin B. Truesdell, a prolific letter-writer and an early enlistee in the 27th NY Volunteers, a regiment that was in the thick of some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. Rollin wrote with clarity and wit of what he saw and felt as a Union soldier on the battlefield, and in the army camps where soldiers were tormented by disease as well as the slow passage of time. Rollin mustered into service as an eager recruit and returned home a war-weary, battle-tested veteran disillusioned by the unseemly political machinations of war, yet steadfast in his commitment to victory for the North. With the 100+ letters the Truesdell family preserved as the backbone for the book, Rollin's great-great-granddaughter wove supporting political and military context around the letters to tell Rollin's story.
In person or via Zoom.