I have read, looked over, examined, at least several hundred “original” regimental histories and this is possibly the best “Preface” to a regimental history I have yet to encounter. Those original “autobiographical” regimental histories are so important and can help us understand “memory” and the Civil War, especially with regard to the soldier. Lucien Wulsin, The story of the Fourth Regiment Ohio Veteran Volunteer Cavalry (1912): THE typical soldiers of…