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1863List1004New Hampshire: Printer Unknown 1863. First Edition. Printed broadside 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning small closed tear at upper margin light foxing at upper margin very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Franklin Pierce remained politically active upon his return to New Hampshire following his presidency advocating for the Democratic cause and generally opposing the Civil War and Lincoln's policies. This scarce pro-Union anti-slavery broadside printed for the 1863 New Hampshire elections which happened March 12 takes aim at Pierce and his fellow Democrats repeating the unfounded claim first made in 1862 by William Seward that Pierce belonged to the secret Knights of the Golden Circle the secret society formed with the goal of forming a new territory out of the CSA Mexico Central America and the Caribbean. There was never evidence that Pierce had any involvement in the KGC though the society had members in southern parts of some Union states such as Indiana Ohio Illinois and Missouri.<br /> <br /> The broadside printed for the March 12 elections quotes heavily from Pierce as well as the other Democrat candidates and party officials who were either running for office in New Hampshire or involved in politics a group which included Ira Eastman John Goerge Josiah Minot Thomas Treadwell Daniel Marcy William Burns and George Stevens. The broadside includes an engraving of coiled snakes each with these politicians named and the caption "et id omne genus." Eastman the Democratic candidate for governor won the popular vote but lacked the constitutional majority necessary for election. Marcy was successful in his bid for the First District. "Men of New Hampshire!" the broadside asks: "Will you Vote the Ticket Made up by Such Men" with the final line imploring to "Please paste up in a Conspicuous Place." <br /> <br /> Overall an uncommon survival from the 1863 elections. A very good copy with some light toning small closed tear at upper magin light foxing at upper margin very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Quite scarce with OCLC locating two copies only at the Huntington Library and the New York Historical Society. Printer Unknown unknown books
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113584aafGlagow, Printed by Edward Khull, & co. for W. Sommerville, A. Fullarton, J. Blackie & co. Booksellers, 1814 - 1815, in-8vo, XXIV + 450 p. / 1 leaf + page 451 up to 973, illustrated with 6 engraved portraits and 2 engraved folded maps (put on linen by the binder), mild browning to the text-pages, fine full red morocco bindings, spines on 5 bands richly gilt, arms, letters (‘N’) & chiffres in gilt lines within 6 compartments, with date 1815, covers with gilt filets and identical chiffres in the 4 corners, inside floral borders with birds, bindings signed ‘Hatchards 187 Piccadilly’,
1719100887France Belgium & Luxembourg 1917-1919. 129 vintage silver prints comprising 1 panorama 5-3/4 x 21 inches 27 larger format prints 6 x 8 & 8 x 10 inches and 103 smaller format prints various sizes generally 2-1/2 x 4-1/4 & 3-3/4 x 4-3/4 inches many prints docketed on the verso by Fineberg a few with alphanumeric code that corresponds to the Catalogue of Official A.E.F. Photographs 1919. Occasional creasing and wear small chip from corner of panorama generally in very good condition Archive of photographs from the Western Front of World War I by the American photographer Sergeant First Class Morris Fineberg 79th Division Photographic Unit of the American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps. These are Fineberg's own retained copies many with his docketing and captioning on the rear. Images include a three-panel panorama Looking towards Woevre Plain between St. Michel & Verdun aerial reconnaissance images captured German munitions battlefields with casualties Fineberg with other members of his Photographic Unit Harry Rathburn and Henry Paschen.Fineberg ca. 1892-1949 was killed while on assignment for the Boston Post. He was photographing a US Marines and Navy mock invasion drill at Carson Beach in South Boston when shrapnel from an exploded mortar hit him in the head. His final words: That ought to make a good picture. The Boston Press Photographers Association presents an annual Moe Fineberg Award for first place in the feature still photography category. unknown
19182322Various locations in Texas 1918. Very good. Fifteen leaves illustrated with fifty-five mounted photographs and a few ephemeral clippings identifying locations. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black cloth string-tied. Light soiling to covers. Minor wear to some photographs but overall a handsome selection. A unique collection of vernacular photographs collected by a soldier in the 8th U.S. Cavalry identified simply as D. Watson serving in southwest Texas during the Mexican Border War. The first two pictures emanate from Quartermaster Training Camp in Jacksonville Florida. This is followed by one photo from Barron Field in Everman Texas. The remaining photographs document Watson's time in Ruidosa Texas an unincorporated Texas-Mexico border town in Presidio County about a hundred miles from Terlingua. Here Watson includes photographs of himself and other soldiers and their horses posed in front of old stone structures in orange groves amongst canyons in front of an automobile and more with images of Mexican adobes a wagon advertising an "electric light company" the cavalry preparing their horses scenes of the wilds of southwest Texas and the E.H. Carlton company store. E.H. Carlton was also a principal in the Carlton Van Loan Company an oil speculation firm active in the 1920s. An eclectic and intriguing selection of Texas-Mexico border images from an important period in history. unknown
1864WRCAM56141Petersburg Va 1864. Pencil sketch 10 x 14 1/4 inches. One vertical and two horizontal folds. Residue from previous mounting and old repair to verso minute separation at two cross- folds. Lightly tanned. Very good. A large and well-executed pencil sketch of a field hospital toward the end of the Civil War. The artist only identified him- or herself as "W.M.C." in the lower left corner along with the caption: "Field Hospital of the 3rd Div. 6th Corps near Petersburg Va. Pencil Sketch made 1864." In the foreground are the well-tended grounds of the hospital including a flagpole flying the hospital "H" flag with the Greek cross insignia of the VI Corps all surrounded by a wooden fence and trimmed hedge. A complex of semi-permanent tents dominates the majority of the image with two men in uniform in conversation to the left of the tents. In the background are two covered ambulance wagons decorated with medical crosses; trees and small houses are visible further in the background. <br> <br> The VI Army Corps was created in 1862 and assigned to the Army of the Potomac although in 1864 it was temporarily assigned to the Army of the Shenandoah under the command of Maj. Gen. James B. Ricketts. Although the VI Corps faced heavy fighting throughout the Civil War 1864 was particularly violent - this field hospital was undoubtedly packed throughout the year. In the wake of the Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania during the Overland Campaign to the close fighting near Mule Shoe also known as the "Bloody Angle" the assault at Cold Harbor and the Shenandoah Valley campaigns the VI Corps saw nearly two-thirds of its 24000 soldiers killed or wounded. In December 1864 the VI Corps returned to the Army of the Potomac and in April 1865 played an important role in the final assault on the fortifications of Petersburg. unknown books
190237237v. p. 1902. Maroon half-leather binding with black cloth boards. General wear with spotting to boards which are bowed. A VG copy. 201 numbered pages of lined paper. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>The 'Kilpatrick' began life as the SS Michigan beginning service in September 1891 as a cargo vessel with limited passenger accomodation. In 1898 she was sold to the US government to act as a military transport during the war. She was capable of hauling 840 men and 800 horses. While not an active participant in the Spanish American war she did subsequent duty in transport service to the PI as this log documents. Capt Rogers begins his entries Saturday Dec. 31st 1898 noting relief of Cap. Jeffreys taking command of U.S.A.F. Michigan departing for Havana at 9 pm. The final entry is Sept. 2nd 02 noting position/course details of a "Manila to Frisco" run. This log a first-hand account of the ship's life recording location etc. Details of the Captain's or crew's life are for the most part absent. That being said it is a unique historical document that provides daily facts of the ship it's activities & its location. hardcover books
1950160492China: c.1950. Resist America Aid Korea Three rare textile handicrafts proclaiming grassroots support for Mao's first war after coming to power. Household production of everyday items with political messages demonstrated both China's self-sufficiency and reduced demands on the country's still-fragile manufacturing sector. The campaign to condemn American aggression in Korea and support the Chinese People's Volunteer Army was the first mass campaign orchestrated by Mao's government following the founding of the People's Republic of China in October 1949. A steady program of activities fostered patriotism consolidated the regime and sent a defiant message to Beijing's enemies in Taipei and Washington. Collection comprising: 410 x 410 mm blue woven cotton wall-hanging the top third backed with white linen with seven hand-stitched pockets each decorated with hand-embroidered multi-coloured silk floral motif upper third embroidered "kang mei yuan chao" Resist America and Aid Korea in cream and pink silk; 95 x 80 mm purse perhaps made from light green winter-issue Chinese People's Volunteer Army clothing machine-woven striped cotton tassel front face with red "kang mei yuan chao" ink stamp; 205 x 160 mm tan cotton drawstring pouch with floral designs and "baowei zuguo" Protect the Motherland lettering tan lace decoration at head lined with machine-woven red cotton lining green drawstring. Light soiling and wear wall-hanging with a few holes. Overall a well-preserved collection. hardcover
1880187632London: Spottiswoode & Co. 1880. The latest news from the Afghan theatre Five instalments of this informative periodical each leading with the latest reports on the Second Anglo-Afghan War including daily troop movements casualty lists and official telegrams. The time-span encompasses the extensive fallout from the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Maiwand the formation of a court of inquiry and the criticism of General George Burrows in the press. The 9 August issue discusses on its first page the departure of General Sir Frederick Roberts and his relief force and in subsequent months news of the heroic victory at Kandahar is conveyed through Roberts's despatches communications from Simla and reporting from The Times Bombay Gazette and other sources. 5 numbers quarto pp. 32 three or 24 two. Original self-wrappers. Two numbers with ownership signature on front page of one L. M. Griffith perhaps a resident of Bristol. Wear to spines and edges one number with first and last leaves now detached light foxing: numbers fragile but overall very good. unknown
1946179661Hannover: Wydawnictwo Polskiego Zwi zku Wychod ctwa Przymusowego w Hanowerze 1946. For our freedom and yours First editions of these bilingual regimental histories. They feature many illustrations of tanks in training and combat and show both regiments's participation in the Normandy landings. We have only traced six copies of First and three of Second on WorldCat. The first and second Polish armoured regiments were formed in exile before joining the effort to liberate France on 1 August 1944. These volumes provide a snapshot of soldiers's daily lives battlefield casualty statistics route maps through occupied France and even contain the sheet music for the first regiment's official march. 2 Pu k Pancerny focuses on photographs taken during the campaign showing the remains of German ordnance soldiers digging trenches and their tanks in action. Conversely 1 Pu k Pancerny is a thorough description of their history accompanying battlefield images with those taken during training and in liberated villages. 2 works oblong folio. With many half-tone photographic illustrations in text some in colour; text in Polish and English. Original paper-covered boards black cloth backstrips half-tone photographic illustration mounted to front board of First colour illustration to front board of Second. Title page of First inscribed "To my very dear Scotch parents. Faucke". Spine of First split at foot both repaired at head inner hinges starting in both vols but firm boards lightly soiled and creased: a very good collection. Biega ski & Koz owski 4348 4349. hardcover
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 9 maps in the text and folding coloured map; attractively bound in navy half morocco BY SOTHERAN, blue cloth sides ruled in gilt, back with raised bands with gilt fillets, second and third compartments with red leather labels framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or presentation. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO. Churchill's continuation of 'London to Ladysmith', completing the publication in book form of his letters to the 'Morning Post'. Four letters are published here for the first time. Chapter XVI, 'Held by the Enemy', is devoted to extracts from Frankland's diary. 5000 copies were published on 12 October 1900. Woods, A5.
1938114232Tokyo: Nakatogawa Hiroyuki March 20 1938. First edition of this uncommon Japanese propaganda piece recording the opening campaigns of the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan's failure to defeat China in this war became the key dynamic for what happened in Asia during the Second World War. In his award-winning study of the conflict - China's War with Japan 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival 2013 - Rana Mitter Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the Institute for Chinese Studies at Oxford opens his prologue by saying "In the spring of 1939 Europe was still albeit uneasily at peace. But some seven thousand kilometres to the east the Second World War was already well under way". Just three copies on WorldCat Manchukuo collection in the Harvard-Yenching Library Stanford and Princeton. Following Japan's successes in the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-5 tensions had intensified seeming to peak with the conquest of Manchuria in 1931 and the creation of the puppet state of Manchukuo but continuing to rise steadily through the 30s. After a number of provocations in the summer of 1937. Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist forces joined with the warlords of Hunan and Szechwan provinces to fight the Japanese. Chiang believed that by attacking Japanese naval installations and troops in and around Shanghai he would force the foreign powers to ally with China to fight against Japan to protect their considerable investments in southern China. For three months the Nationalist Chinese armies held out in the face of an intense bombardment by Japan's Taiwan-based 'planes and ships on the Huangpu River but were eventually forced to retreat to Nanking under constant harrying attacks from Japanese reinforcements. The images in this "souvenir" album show the Japanese advance through Eastern and Coastal China; the build up of materiel; the destruction of Nanking; Japanese troops on the march celebrating victories; the aftermath of the destructive bombardments. Landscape quarto. Illustrated title on yellow-tinted paper 7 colour plates numerous illustrations from photographs some on tinted paper stock all leaves with tissue guards folding colour map pictorial endpapers. Original dark red textured paper-covered boards green silk ties die-cut image of the Great Wall to the front board together with title gilt to the front board. Minor edge-wear spotting to the tissue-guards overall very good indeed. See: Dorothy Perkins Japan Goes to War: A Chronology of Japanese Military Expansion pp. 127-135 hardcover
20172091502135418934Not Available 2017. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 76 Not Available paperback
12953La banlieue de Paris. In 8 cartonnage de l’éditeur crème titre en noir. 240x180mm. Gardes illustrées, faux titre, titre ; 55 pages, et à la suite 130 photos de Robert DOISNEAU reproduites en hélio : gosses- amour-décors-dimanches et fêtes-travail-terminus-habitations Pierre SEGHERS éditeur15 octobre 1949.Complet de sa jaquette illustrée. Edition originale. Première édition du premier livre de Robert DOISNEAU, accompagné du texte de Blaise CENDRARS, présentent la banlieue de Paris après la seconde guerre mondiale. Célèbre édition SEGHERS qui a conservé sa jaquette illustrée. (Petits frottement en tête un petit manque triangulaire. Le livre est proche de l’état de neuf. Publiée en collaboration avec la guilde du livre de Lausanne, l’éditeur parisien disposa de 3000exemplaires sur les 7000 qui sont mis en vente le 15 octobre 1949, il les dota, pour le marché français, d’une page de titre et surtout d’une jaquette illustrée
1922ws524Augustin Challamel Sélection Abraxas-libris Relié 1922 Quatre volumes in-8 (19,8 x 25,2 cm), reliure demi-toile, dos lisses, couvertures conservées, deux volumes de texte (XVI-374 et 508 pages, accompagnés des deux volumes d'atlas de 9 et 12 cartes ; quelques frottements aux coiffes, mors et coupes, quelques traces et rousseurs sur les couvertures conservées et en début et fin de volume, par ailleurs bel exemplaire, bien relié. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1920bf5539Librairie Ollendorff Coups de coeur de Bernard Broché 1920 "Rare exemplaire sur chanvre teinté (1 des 31) de ce pamphlet sur la guerre enrichi d'un dessin original. Tirage à 1000 exemplaire. In-4 broché, couverture illustrée et imprimée en rouge et noir, 32 pages, illustrations en noir de Lucien Laforge dans le texte. ""Ce manuscrit devait paraître en 1917 au printemps. La publication en fut interdite par la censure, dont M. Maruéjouils (sic Maruéjouls) était alors le chef. Il ne voulut pas qu'on parlât des rongeurs. Les profiteurs de la guerre, de toutes les guerres, désignés même indirectement, à la vindicte publique, n'allaient - ils pas hésités à le reproduire ? Voila qui était grave ! "" Avec le dessin originale de l'illustration de la page 7, achevé d'imprimer le 22 juillet 1920 par FRAZIER-SOYE à Paris ; non coupé, couverture marquée par la lumière, bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande."
110814Edité par Militar, Kunst, Verlag "Mars" (éditeurs d'art militaire "Mars") - Sans date - In Folio, feuillets libres dans emboîtage rouge décoré - 32 planches, complet selon la Table des matières et numéros des tables (voir photos) + documents hors-texte
In-8 p. (mm. 206x148), p. pergam. molle coeva con unghie, tit. ms. al dorso, pp. (8),594,(38), bel frontespizio figurato entro cornice architettonica, con al centro una piccola veduta di Genova; ornato da testatine, grandi iniziali figur. a vignetta e finali, tutto in xilografia. "Edizione originale" di questa ricostruzione storica degli avvenimenti militari e politici che coinvolsero Genova e la Corsica a partire dal 1553 sino al 1569 quando le armate corse, guidate da Alfonso Sampiero, figlio di Pietro, eroe della resistenza corsa ai genovesi, vennero definitivamente sconfitte. Cfr. Brunet,VI,25881. “Sampiero da Bastelica, uomo d’armi corso (1498-1567). Di umili origini, fu soldato mercenario prima con Giovanni delle Bande Nere, poi nelle truppe imperiali; infine, al servizio della Francia col grado di colonnello, si battè valorosamente a Fossano (1536), a Perpignano (1542) ove salvò la vita al Delfino, a Ceresole e a Vitry (1544). Ritornato in Corsica e divenuto erede della signoria d’Ornano per il suo matrimonio con Vanina d’Ornano, fu fatto imprigionare a Genova; liberato e recatosi in Francia, organizzò e diresse la spedizione (1553) che doveva ridurre l’isola sotto il re Enrico II e anche dopo la pace di Cateau-Cambrésis non abbandonò i suoi progetti filofrancesi. Sbarcato nell’isola (1564), accese la rivolta contro Genova; dominato dall’odio, offrì a più di un interessato protettore la sovranità dell’isola (Carlo IX di Francia, Cosimo de’ Medici, il papa). Fu ucciso, vittima di un complotto organizzato dagli Ornano”. Così Diz. Treccani,X, p. 755. Con uniformi arross. e qualche fiorit., ma complessivam. buon esemplare.
18918399<p>Full black cloth with gilt title to front. A total of 58 double-page maps with pagination beginning at plate LXI and ending with plate CXIX. Small faint "Library of Catholic Club" stamp to front fly. Plate LXI has a repaired tear as well as a loss to the bottom left corner not affecting map. Wear to board fore edges see image. Possible splits at gutter. No previous owners' names or other defacements.</p><p>16 x 19 in 41 x 48 cm</p> Government Printing Office hardcover
122627aafArnhem, Johann Janssen, 1614-1614-1620, gr. in-4°, zweispalt. Text, mit insgesamt 3 Frontispiz-Titelblättern und 69 (von 70) Porträttafeln davon 67 ganzseitig und 36 kleinere Porträts auf 2 Tafeln, (Karte fehlt), stellenweise etwas fleckig und gebräunt, hs. Besitzeinträge unten auf den Titelblättern, beschabte und bestossene Lederbände auf Bünden, starke Beschädigungen und Fehlstellen an den Kapitalen, Schliessresten.
2018719752018. International Law Studies. United States Naval College. Vols. 1-94 1901-2018 lacking vol. 57 in 94 books with Index volume covering vols. 1-30. Together 94 books. Washington: Government Printing Office. Reprint Buffalo NY: W.S. Hein. Blue buckram hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with property stamps and shelf location labels at foot of spines else very good. Reprint price USD 7200. Special $1295. Published irregularly. 1964-65 never published. Provides scholarly discussions on problems such as neutrality armed merchant vessels and treaties. Title Varies: 1901-1902 as International Law Situations; 1903 as International Law Discussions 1904 as International Law Situations; 1905-1906 as International Law Topics and Discussions; 1907-1908 as International Law Situations; 1909 as International Law Topics; 1910-1912 as International Law Situations; 1913-1914 as International Law Topics and Discussions; 1915-1916 as International Law Topics; 1917-1921 as International Law Documents; 1922-1923 as International Law Decisions and Notes; 1924-1925 as International Law Documents; 1926-1939 as International Law Situations; 1940-1953 as International Law Documents; 1954-2018 as International Law Studies. unknown books
First edition, 4to (225 x 170 mm), [12], 118 [1.e. 134], [2]pp., with final advert leaf, pp. 129-134 misnumbered 113-118, engraved head-pieces, 15 fine engraved folding plates, text and plates nice clean and bright, turn-ins offset onto endpapers, cont. calf, slight rubbing to lower outer corner of upper board, rebacked, red morocco spine label, a very nice copy. Originally written in French by that eminent mathematician, for the use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and published for the introduction of the young gentlemen in the armies of France. It was regarded as a standard reference on the continent, Covering much the same field as Muller and Rudyerd in the period just prior to the French and Indian Wars. The final advert leaf announces further translations of M. Le Blond's two other treatises The Attack and of the Defence of Fortified Places and Universal Military Dictionary are in the press and were to be published as part II and III. However, only the Attack was to appear in 1748. Both works are rare, of this Treatise of Artillery ESTC gives 3 locations in the UK and 5 in North America, and of the Attack just 2 locations are given. Provenance: From the library Military Library of Thomas Francis Fremantle (3rd Lord Cottesloe).
1756004150<p>Worcester: S. Gamidge and W. Pendrill 1756. Single sided engraved broadside approximately 265mm x 380mm engraving 335 x 450 Frame. Lightly soiled surface abrasion towards head on the left hand side but not affecting image several small worm holes but again not affecting image or text. Vignette to head showing Penderel holding a billhook in the foreground with the king on a horse in disguise to the background. Penderel's epitaph is recorded towards the bottom of the engraving with an added note that George II had ordered that his monument be 'cleaned up & beautified in the year 1739'. Engraved broadside celebrating the life of Richard Penderel Richard Pendrill of Hobball Grange Shropshire who with his four brothers saved the life of Charles II after the battle of Worcester hiding him from Cromwell's soldiers. After the Restoration both he and his brothers were rewarded with a pension and he was known as 'Trusty Dick' at Court. He died in 1671 while visiting London and his surviving brothers were later granted exemption from prosecutions for recusancy after the 'Popish Plot'. The publishers were S.amuel Gamidge fl. 1756-1777 see BBTI and W. Pendrill presumably a descendant unlocated in BBTI. Not in ESTC. First Edition. Framed and Glazed. Good. Elephant Folio. Broadside.</p> S. Gamidge and W. Pendrill hardcover
186533225New York: Kimmel & Forster 1865. Lithograph. Approximately 21" X 26. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; blank margins either trimmed or edgeworn for the cream mat goes to the image edge at the top and sides while the bottom includes the full title line mat opening 23" X 18¼". First edition. Magnificent allegorical lithograph issued by the famed New York print publisher who also produced a companion piece entitled "The End of the Rebellion in the United States 1865." A large figure of Columbia stands at center atop a huge splitting rock looking to the viewer's right and clutching a waving flag in her right hand; meanwhile her other hand wags a pointing finger toward the viewer's left side. At her feet lie a whip and open shackles representing the abolition of slavery. To the viewer's right stands Abraham Lincoln and indeed the entire right side represents the Republican cause. A stern General Winfield Scott stand behind Lincoln and a crowd of young men strain forward some offering up bags of gold some bearing arms all willing to join the cause; a woman in the foreground covers her eyes and is comforted by two children. The background on this side is horizon of mountains and a glorious sunrise. On Columbia's other side stands the figure of Justice without her usual blindfold raising up her scales in one hand and sword in the other glaring angrily toward all those at the left side of this hectic scene. James Buchanan's sleeps blissfully at the edge of the split rock while next to him crouches his secretary of war John B. Floyd -- who was charged with corruption -- eagerly scooping up gold coins into a large sack. Further back Jefferson Davis clutching a ripped U.S. flag and Alexander H. Stephens stand beside a palm tree with a huge snake coiling up its length and spitting at the scales of justice. An angry cluster of soldiers swirls around them. The background on this side is grim and muted with battle scenes. A superb handsome example of this famous Civil War allegorical print. Kimmel & Forster unknown
6252EDWARD ALLEN GOODWIN unknown-1862. Goodwin was the Sergeant in Company K of the 23rd Regular Massachusetts Volunteers. This is the diary of Edward A. Goodwin Co. K 23rd Regt. M. of. M. This diary is THE AMERICAN UNION DIARY FOR 1862 an annual published diary accessible and likely provided to Union soldiers during the Civil War. After a few pages that include a calendar and interest tables the diary provides space for each day of the year 1862. Goodwin wrote entries every day from January 1st to April 7th and none thereafter. At the time Goodwin was serving in the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment which was a part of the Coast Division under General Ambrose Burnside. Entries are handwritten in either pencil or black ink. Notable entries include: aFriday 7: Naval engagementplace lasting from noon till sunset. Troops were landedin the afternoon and evening. Bivouacked on Roanoke Island in the rain. b Saturday 8: Captured a rebel battery in a swamp. Took 3000 rebel provisions and the whole island wasSergt. Howard hurt his foot. W.S. Clark missing. Both entries describe the Battle of Roanoke Island fought February 7th and 8th 1862. Part of General Ambrose Burnsides expedition to capture key ports in the Outer Banks the battle first saw Union gunboats first firing on Confederate forts under the command of Henry Wise until Burnsides soldiers could land ashore unopposed. and the forts on shore engaged in a gun battle with occasional contributions from the Mosquito Fleet. The next day the Union soldiers successfully flanked the Confederate artillery and infantry defenders on both sides forcing a retreat into the Confederate forts. The forts were then individually taken with the Union suffering only 264 casualties and capturing 2500 Confederate defenders. c Friday 14: Fought the battle of New Bern. Took over 100 pieces of artillery ammunitioncamp equipment &c. I arrived at night in the tents of the enemy. This entry describes the Battle of New Bern fought on March 14th 1862. After first advancing up the Trent River General Burnside had his soldiers exploit the weakened center of the line of the defending Confederates under Lawrence O'B. Branch. This allowed the Union Navy to shell Fort Thompson forcing its abandonment and shortly thereafter the city of New Bern too. 90 Union soldiers were killed and 64 Confederates were killed and 413 were captured. d Monday 31: Sick all day. Took horses.e Monday 7: Saw Amoat the hospital. DeceasedRain in the afternoon. These two entries foreshadow Goodwins ultimate fate including his last entry on April 7th 1862. Goodwin would pass away in New Bern on April 16th. Having survived two major battles unscathed at least according to his diary Goodwin most likely succumbed to disease. It is estimated that 2/3 of Civil War soldiers who died during the war died of disease not in battle. His body was ultimately returned to Massachusetts and is buried in Mansfield. The pages of the journal are in good condition but the exterior of black leather is frayed and partially torn. It should be handled very delicately but its value as a lens into the mindset of a Civil War soldier is immense. hardcover
