We well remember the author as “Hamp,” the drummer boy of Company B, his boyish look, with his neatly-fitting suit of blue, and the tenor drum suspended from his neck, while with nimble fingers he plied the ebony sticks in beating the tattoo, reveille, or the “long roll.” He has done a real and invaluable service to his comrades in gathering up and condensing in neat and durable form so many interesting facts relating to the work of a noble regiment. So much, at least, is saved from oblivion. In writing the history of any war only a mere outline can be thought of. Anything like a full and detailed account of what happened is out of the question. Neither time nor space would permit. The multiplied thousands who carried their muskets and knapsacks on foot all over “Dixie,” and who really did the hard work of the conflict, must be massed in history even as in war they were massed against the foe. Their individual deeds of daring and suffering were not a whit behind those of the great Wellingtons, Washingtons, and Grants. The latter were in positions to glide easily into history, and have their heroic deeds emblazoned and read in the books of every nation. The former may have loved their country as well and fought as bravely for her honor, and yet die in obscurity, “to fortune and to fame unknown.” Dr. SeCheverell has doubtless done his best under the circumstances to do justice to the name of every member of the old Twenty-ninth. It was known as the Giddings’ regiment, in honor of the Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, for twenty consecutive years a member of the lower house of Congress. Perhaps no man during his time did more than Mr. Giddings to create public opinion in favor of the freedom of the slave. The regiment was raised almost entirely within the bounds of his old district, and it was fitting that it should bear his name. But I remember that when recruiting it a frequent objection to enlistment was that should any member of the regiment be so unfortunate as to be taken prisoner by the “Rebs,” he would be forthwith shot, hung, or burnt at the stake, particularly on Giddings’ account, and that the name would be so odious in the South, and would so advertise the regiment that every member would be especially hunted down and exterminated. I think “Hamp” has failed utterly to ascertain that any prisoner from the Twenty-ninth was thus punished, although many of the boys were often in rebel hands. I have ever considered myself fortunate and honored in having been associated with such a regiment. I was duly appointed and commissioned as the first chaplain, holding the position one year, resigning at the expiration of that time, and receiving an honorable discharge from the service.