After serving 30 years as a high school principal In New Jersey, Ronald G. Watson retired in North Carolina, focusing on community service, gardening (Master Gardener) and historical research; In 1992, President George H. Bush selected Watson as the 704th Daily Point of Light in his “Thousand Points of Light” programme, recognising outstanding community service. He lives in Burlington, North Carolina.
"an exceptional, down-to-earth, insightful diary"--Civil War News; "most welcome...highly recommended"--Blue & Gray Magazine; "well organized and handsome volume. Scholars and other interested readers will appreciate a diary from an enlisted man who experienced so much of the Civil War and who wrote about it with such astuteness and eloquence"--Army History; "A rare and comprehensive look at one infantry soldier's experiences in the America Civil War.... This book would be of interest to a number of Civil War audiences. This includes the experiences of an infantry soldier; the movements and campaigns of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry; and prisoner of war conditions. In addition, persons studying war in any time period would find value in Hitchcock's entries."--Janie C. Morris, retired Research Librarian, Special Collection Library, Duke University.
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