Three years in the Sixth corps is one of the earliest and best personal narratives of the Civil War. One of only a handful written by doctors who served on the field.

A new regiment goes to the War --Army life at Washington -- The Manassas Campaign -- The army transferred to the peninsula -- Yorktown -- Williamsburg -- The march up the peninsula and the organization of the Sixth Corps -- On the Chickahominy -- The Seven Days' Battle -- The grand retreat -- Harrison's landing -- Retreat from the peninsula, and General Pope's Bull Run Campaign -- The Maryland Campaign -- The Battle of Antietam -- The second advance into Virginia, and the Battle of Fredericksburgh -- The winter at Falmouth --The Chancellorsville Campaign -- Second encampment at White Oak Church and the Pennsylvania Campaign -- The Gettysburg Campaign -- Pursuit of Lee's Army -- Camps at Warrenton, The Centerville Campaign and the Battle of Rappahannock Station -- The army at Brandy Station -- The Wilderness Campaign -- Spottsylvania -- The hospitals at Fredericksburgh -- Coal Harbor -- Petersburgh -- Sixth Corps transferred to Washington — Battle of Fort Stevens -- The Shenandoah Valley -- Battle of Winchester -- Fisher Hill -- Battle of Cedar Creek -- The final campaign.