{"product_id":"trumbull-county-boys-chris-mowery-9798253952597","title":"Trumbull County Boys: Company H, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the autumn of 1861, the farm boys and craftsmen of northeast Ohio swapped their plow handles for Harper's Ferry rifles. They were neighbors-brothers, cousins, and lifelong friends-who answered President Lincoln's call with a fervor born of the Western Reserve's abolitionist heritage. Designated as \u003cb\u003eCompany H of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry\u003c\/b\u003e, these \"Trumbull County Boys\" would embark on a four-year odyssey that led them from the staging grounds of Camp Chase into the very heart of the Southern Confederacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the smoke of battle and the suffocating silence of the trenches, \u003ci\u003eTrumbull County Boys\u003c\/i\u003e follows the internal life of a single company. It is a story of grit and brotherhood, tracing the lives of men like \u003cb\u003eSamuel Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e, a fifty-two-year-old preacher who lied about his age to march beside his teenage son; \u003cb\u003eWilliam Ray\u003c\/b\u003e, whose music was silenced by a guerrilla's bullet on the Ohio River; and \u003cb\u003eLorain \"Bunker\" Ruggles\u003c\/b\u003e, the irreverent scout who became one of General Grant's most trusted spies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperience the full arc of the Western Theater through their eyes: from the frozen ground of \u003cb\u003eFort Donelson\u003c\/b\u003e and the carnage of \u003cb\u003eShiloh\u003c\/b\u003e to the intimate, horrific combat in the creek beds of \u003cb\u003eRaymond\u003c\/b\u003e and the grueling siege of \u003cb\u003eVicksburg\u003c\/b\u003e. Follow the regiment into the firestorm of \u003cb\u003eAtlanta\u003c\/b\u003e, where they earned a reputation as a \"crack\" unit that never gave ground under fire, and join them on the devastating \u003cb\u003eMarch to the Sea\u003c\/b\u003e and through the swamps of the \u003cb\u003eCarolinas\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a meticulously researched chronicle of official reports, diaries, and personal letters published in the \u003ci\u003eWestern Reserve Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, this book restores the voices of those who carried the honor of Ohio to the very end. Their journey changed a nation; it also changed the idea of home they would carry back across the Ohio River when the killing was finally done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Mowery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253952597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Chris Mowery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443251654911,"sku":"9798253952597","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_869164eb-4014-4f0c-abcb-63426dcdf24e.jpg?v=1777202863","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trumbull-county-boys-chris-mowery-9798253952597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}