Description: "The journals of George W. Buswell, a young Minnesotan who served in both the Dakota War (1862-1863) and the Western Theater of the Civil War (1863-1865). Relating experiences as a member of the 7th Minnesota Infantry and the US 68th Colored Infantry, Buswell takes readers through the Dakota War, into Union prisons, onto picket lines where he searched the bodies of Confederate women suspected of smuggling, and into an African American regiment that saw both field and garrison service in the Western Theater"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: If you are looking to read a Civil War diary far different from those commonly published by popular and academic presses, yet no less engaging and informative than those, this is the one for you. . . The variety of wartime opponents and sheer breadth of fronts faced by Buswell during his long 1862-66 army service are highly remarkable, perhaps even unique, among Civil War diarists. Expertly framed and edited by Jonathan White and Reagan Connelly, the Buswell diary contained in From Dakota to Dixie is an extraordinary reading experience. Highly recommended.--Civil War Books and Authors