A Connecticut newspaper reporter, using the pseudonym Dunn Browne, serves in the Federal army, describing witty behind-the-scenes follies of the army bureaucracy and the hardship of the daily life of the Civil War soldier.

Includes index.

Dunn Browne goes to war -- In camp in the field -- A winter campaign -- Dunn Browne visits Dixie -- Gettysburg -- Marking time -- Campaigning to little purpose -- Winter quarters -- Into the Wilderness.