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The author presents a diary-style regimental history of a Massachusetts volunteer infantry regiment during the Civil War, tracing recruitment and training at a coastal camp in response to a nine-month volunteer call and describing daily camp routine, discipline, and local incidents. It records formation into companies, officers and rosters, movements to the Gulf and Mississippi theater, and participation in operations around Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, noting casualties and administrative details. Chronological entries, lists of personnel, and acknowledgments of contributors combine to preserve both operational actions and the personal experiences of soldiers.
The large number of desertions from some of the companies is accounted for by the fact that the recruits were brought to camp by agents of the cities who paid bounties as soon as the recruits were mustered into the United States service.
The officers of those companies objected to accepting such recruits, prophesying that many of them would desert, but the objections were overruled and the officers were compelled to accept them.