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Being a soldier in wartime is never easy, but the Civil War was especially tough. It was a long, bloody war, at a time when weapons had become much more deadly and medical care was as likely to kill as to cure you. The men also had to survive bad food, poor sanitary conditions, hot summers and cold winters. One of those soldiers was Benjamin ?Webb? Baker. He served in the Union Army for three full years. He was repeatedly wounded, patched up, and sent back into duty. Benjamin's story is told by his great-grandson through a collection of letters that Benjamin wrote during the war. The great-grandson is Benson Bobrick. He's is a writer from Brattleboro, Vermont, and author of Testament: A Soldier?s Story of the Civil War.