 Complete the following phrase:  At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Bryant volunteered for service with a Wisconsin militia company and was enrolled in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. He declined an officers commission, but at the organization of the regiment, he was appointed sergeant major. Within a year, he received a commission anyway and was appointed adjutant to the regiments colonel, Thomas H. Ruger. With the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, Bryant participated in many of the significant battles of the eastern theater of the war, including 