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John G. B. (John Gregory Bishop) Adams
1841–1900
A Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient, he turned his wartime memories into vivid first-person writing. His books preserve the daily life, hardship, and comradeship of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment in a voice shaped by experience.
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Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment
by John G. B. (John Gregory Bishop) Adams
About the author
Born in Groveland, Massachusetts, in 1841, John Gregory Bishop Adams served with the 19th Massachusetts Volunteers during the American Civil War. He rose through the ranks, fought in major campaigns, and later received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Fredericksburg.
After the war, Adams remained active in veterans' circles and became a well-known public figure among Union Army survivors. His best-known book, Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment (1899), draws on his own service to give a direct, personal account of camp life, battle, prison experiences, and the men he served beside.
He also wrote A Boy Captain in the Civil War, continuing his effort to tell the war as a soldier remembered it rather than as distant history. Adams died in 1900, but his writing still stands as a lively record of Civil War memory from someone who lived it.