DEDICATION

Even as the years pass away to unite with those that have gone before, so, year by year, the men who wore the Bucktail in. their caps are passing to join their comrades, who, before them, have entered into the life beyond the grave. But, before the last member of the Bucktail Regiment shall have answered to the final roll-call, it would seem fitting that a record of its heroism and achievements should be prepared, so that the future generations, realizing through such record, the love and, devotion that their forefathers bore to their country, may be inspired to preserve their inheritance intact, and transmit it pure and unspotted to the generations that shall come after them. For these reasons, it has come about that a "History of the Bucktails" has been written, and as the only surviving field Officer, I have been accorded the privilege of dedicating it to the officers and men of the regiment, and to the perpetuation of their memories.

Edward A.Irvin