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Julian Wisner Hinkley
1838–1916
A Civil War officer turned memoirist, he wrote with the clarity of someone who had seen history up close. His best-known book brings the Third Wisconsin Infantry to life through firsthand detail and a steady, observant voice.
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A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry
by Julian Wisner Hinkley
About the author
Born in Vernon, Connecticut, on March 12, 1838, he moved to Wisconsin as a boy and grew up there. Before the Civil War, he worked as a carpenter and a teacher, and in 1861 he joined the unit that became part of the Third Wisconsin Infantry.
During the war he served as an officer in the regiment and later wrote about those years in A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry, published in 1912. The book is valued as a firsthand account of military life and campaigning, combining personal memory with a careful record of the regiment’s experience.
After the war, he was known not only as a veteran but also as a builder of public buildings. He died in 1916, and his writing remains of interest to readers of Civil War history because it offers a direct, readable account from someone who was there.