In the autumn of 1861, the farm boys and craftsmen of northeast Ohio swapped their plow handles for Harper's Ferry rifles. They were neighbors—brothers, cousins, and lifelong friends—who answered President Lincoln’s call with a fervor born of the Western Reserve’s abolitionist heritage. Designated as Company H of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, these "Trumbull County Boys" would embark on a four-year odyssey that led them from the staging grounds of Camp Chase into the very heart of the Southe...