From May of 1862 to May of 1864, young Charles Smedley fought fiercely with the 90th Pennsylvania Volunteers at Cedar Mountain, Antietam, and at the titanic clash at Gettysburg. In his diary, he described his regiments arrival and battle at Gettysburg, included in this volume. At the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864, Smedley was captured along with some of his comrades. He was soon thrown into the horrors at notorious Andersonville Prison. Throughout his time there, he continued to keep a meticulous record of what he saw and experienced as he struggled with starvation and disease, and tried desperately to save friends. It is a riveting and exacting account of life in the Confederacy's most infamous camp.