This is the regimental history of the 3rd Ohio and their experiences during three years of the Civil War. Regimental Colonel, John Beatty, dealt with drunkenness, desertion, insubordination and mutiny, and at one point tied a drunken mutineer to a tree until the man sobered up. He didn't shoot or dismiss the man, because everyone was needed for service. This emblematic event and many others are detailed in this history, illustrating how the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment experienced "combat" on the battlefield as well as on the campgrounds of Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Part of a brigade commanded by Colonel Abel Streight, the men of the 3rd Ohio were charged with destroying the Confederate rail junction in Rome, Georgia. However, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest ("Devil" Forrest) chased and fought the 3rd through Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Due to exhaustion and wet ammunition, the 3rd was forced to surrender to Forrest and his men on June 3, 1863. This book presents in full context the 3rd Ohio's Civil War experience, and includes a daily chronology of the regiment as well as a complete 3 year roster.