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Walden Kelly
A Civil War veteran turned regimental historian, he wrote to preserve the memory of Company E, 26th Ohio Infantry. His surviving work offers a firsthand, commemorative account shaped by service, remembrance, and reunion-era storytelling.
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About the author
Walden Kelly is known from the historical record as the author of A Historic Sketch, Lest We Forget: Company E, 26th Ohio Infantry in the War for the Union, 1861–65. Project Gutenberg and major library/book records list him as the book's author, often as Captain Walden Kelly.
Beyond that, reliable biographical details are scarce in the sources I could confirm. From the title and the way the work is cataloged, he appears to have been a veteran of Company E of the 26th Ohio Infantry and later wrote a memorial-style history of the regiment's service in the Civil War.
Because so little verified personal information is readily available, the book itself is the clearest window into his legacy: a veteran's effort to record names, service, and shared memory so that the story of his unit would not be lost.