![]() ![]() Brooks chronicled his regiment’s pursuit of Stonewall Jackson in Northern Virginia in 1862, during which the Union suffered a series of devastating losses, and “Seeing the Elephant” at First Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Antietam. He proved an admirable leader and recruiter, writing to his hometown paper in patriotic prose about his wartime experiences. Sent off to war as a scourge to his family instead of a hero, Brooks became Captain of Company D of the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. ![]() When war broke out, soldiering offered the first steady job he had held in years. His wife and young son, of whom he saw little, remained at home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ![]() Destitute and reeling from a failed business venture and familial disagreement following a turbulent love affair, Brooks spent the years before the Civil War traveling in search of work. In the spring of 1861, America was pulling apart at the seams and George Brooks’ life was in shambles. ![]()
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