author
George L. Wood
1837–1867
A Civil War officer turned firsthand historian, he wrote to preserve the story of the Seventh Ohio Regiment while its battles and losses were still painfully fresh. His book brings together memory, military detail, and the voice of someone who had lived the campaign himself.
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The Seventh Regiment: A Record
by George L. Wood
About the author
Born in Chardon, Ohio, in 1837, George L. Wood served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Records of his service describe him as an officer in the 7th Ohio Infantry and later the 125th Ohio Infantry, and his surviving work shows how closely he followed the men and events of those regiments.
Wood is best known for The Seventh Regiment: A Record, published in the 1860s. In its preface, he explained that he wanted to make a lasting record of the facts within his own knowledge about the regiment, giving his writing the feeling of both history and personal testimony.
He died in 1867, still a young man. Because his life was short, that book remains his clearest legacy: a vivid regimental history shaped by direct experience, written by someone who understood both the pride and the cost of war.