title: Brother to the Eagle: The Civil War Journal of Sgt. Ambrose Armitage - 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
author:  Ambrose Armitage 
description: Alden Carter is the author of over forty books, including novels, picture books, and nonfiction titles. He lives in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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  # Killed At Resaca
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ambrose Bierce
  
  
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  The best soldier of our staff was Lieutenant Herman Brayle, one of the two
  aides-de-camp. I don't remember where the general picked him up; from some
  Ohio regiment, I think; none of us had previously known him, and it would have
  been strange if we had, for no two of us came from the same State, nor even
  from adjoining States. The general seemed to think that a position on his
  staff was a distinction that should be so judiciously conferred as not to
  beget any sectional jealousies and imperil the integrity of that part of the
  country which was still an integer. He would not even choose officers from his
  own command, but by some jugglery at department headquarters obtained them
  from other brigades. Under such circumstances, a man's services had to be very
  distinguished indeed to be heard of by his family and friends of his 