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George T. Ulmer
Best known for a vivid Civil War memoir, this Maine veteran wrote from firsthand experience as a drummer boy with Company H of the 8th Maine Volunteers. His short, direct storytelling gives the book an immediacy that still feels personal.
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Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer; Or, A Drummer Boy from Maine
by George T. Ulmer
About the author
George T. Ulmer is known for Adventures and Reminiscences of a Volunteer; Or, A Drummer Boy from Maine, published in 1892. In that memoir, he identifies himself as a member of Company H, 8th Maine Volunteers and recounts his experiences as a young drummer boy during the American Civil War.
Reliable online catalog records confirm the 1892 publication of the book, but readily available biographical details about Ulmer himself appear to be limited. Based on the surviving record of his work, he is remembered mainly as a veteran memoirist whose writing preserves a ground-level view of Union army life from a young soldier's perspective.
Because confirmed personal information is scarce, many details of his life beyond the memoir are not easy to verify from major public sources. What stands out clearly is the value of his account: a compact, firsthand narrative of service, hardship, and memory from one of the war's younger participants.