Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60969-h.htm or 60969-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60969/60969-h/60969-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60969/60969-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/summerinmaryland00perk Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). The table of contents is unusual. Seven of the topics in the table do not refer to chapters but rather to sections of text between chapter headings. The book contains two chapter headings not listed in the table of contents. An editorial decision was made to leave the table of contents as it was printed in the original book. A SUMMER IN MARYLAND and VIRGINIA Or Campaigning with the 149th Ohio Volunteer Infantry A Sketch of Events Connected with the Service of the Regiment in Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Written by GEORGE PERKINS, a member of Company A, at the earnest request of his Comrades of the Regiment. CHILLICOTHE, OHIO The Scholl Printing Company Chillicothe, Ohio FOREWORD In preparing this sketch of the 149th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the author has depended upon the memory of events that made a lasting impression upon a young mind. He does not claim to have written a full history of this service, that is stored in the memories and experiences of the different members of the Regiment. He does claim, however, that the main facts and movements of the Regiment and the other bodies of troops associated with it in the field, are accurate. The writer was fortunate in making a record of dates and incidents, soon after his return, which record has been invaluable in the preparation of this sketch. If the little booklet will be interesting to my comrades, or of any value in a historical way, I shall feel amply repaid for the labor in preparing it. GEORGE PERKINS DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the memory of our beloved Colonel Allison L. Brown. A brave soldier, a Christian gentleman, and a good friend of every member of his Regiment. He died as he had lived, in the good esteem of the community, and the love of his comrades. “Peace to his ashes.” [Illustration: COL. ALLISON L. BROWN (from a war time photograph)