WHILE BRIAN MATTHEW JORDAN, assistant professor and chair of history at Sam Houston State University, worked on an essay about the court-martial of the colonel of the 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he grew curious about this little-known unit, one of only six Union regiments composed primarily of foreign-born ethnic Germans. The men left little in the way of diaries and letters, so Jordan combed through a variety of other sources to piece together the first detailed history of the regiment, which survived being decimated at both Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. The 107th’s story is at the core of his latest book, A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army.
CWT: What sparked your interest in the regiment?
The 107th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
