author
Theodore Wilder
A Civil War veteran and chronicler, he preserved the story of Company C of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry in a firsthand regimental history published in 1866. His book stands out for combining battle narrative with a careful record of the men who served beside him.
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The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I
by Theodore Wilder
About the author
Theodore Wilder is known for The History of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I., a regimental history first published in Oberlin, Ohio, in 1866. In it, he recounts the marches, battles, and sieges of Company C of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and explains that the work was prepared at the request of surviving members who wanted both a brief story of the company and an accurate record for future reference.
The book is closely tied to Oberlin College, which Wilder describes as the "alma mater" of the company's organization. That connection gives the work a distinct voice: it is not only a military narrative, but also a portrait of a group shaped by shared ideals as well as wartime experience.
Beyond that volume, reliable biographical details about Wilder himself are hard to confirm from the sources I found. A college catalog from Ripon College lists a Theodore Wilder with a bachelor's degree in 1867, but I could not verify from the available sources that this is the same person who wrote the regimental history.