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185837012Barcelona: Imprenta de Luis Tasso 1858.- 247 p. 676 p. de formularios y estados; 4º mayor 29 x 22 cm; Media Piel chagrén época lomo dorado con corona iniciales y greca al pie.- RARO libro que es en sí el primer tratado completo de contabilidad militar impreso en España. Los cantos de las tapas y las esquinas con rozaduras y pequeños deterioros diversos pero restaurados en lo posible. Interior impecable. EJÉRCITO Y TEMAS MILITARES Libro en español Imprenta de Luis Tasso hardcover
1864214721864. Lincoln Abraham. Message of the President of the United States. on the Rights of Colored Persons in the Army 1864 documents federal policy and legal interpretation concerning the status and compensation of African American soldiers and officers during the Civil War and provides direct evidence of how the U.S. government addressed racial inequality within the Union Army. Transmitting Attorney General Edward Bates' formal opinion the document centers on the case of Reverend Samuel Harrison chaplain of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and addresses the broader question of whether Black service members were entitled to the same recognition and pay as their white counterparts. Issued during active wartime mobilization of United States Colored Troops the pamphlet supports research into African American military service Civil War law and the evolving federal stance on racial equality within military institutions.<br /> <br /> Lincoln Abraham. Message of the President of the United States Communicating. a Copy of the Opinion of the Attorney General on the Rights of Colored Persons in the Army. Washington: Government Printing Office 1864. Disbound pamphlet 9 pages. The text includes the full opinion of Attorney General Edward Bates affirming that "Mr. Harrison was the lawfully appointed and qualified chaplain of the 54th Massachusetts regiment" and therefore entitled to full compensation. The case arose when Harrison despite his commissioned status was paid only ten dollars per month and one ration under interpretations of the July 17 1862 law governing Black enlistment. Bates rejects this limitation stating that denial of proper pay would constitute "a plain violation of the purpose of Congress." Accompanying documents include War Department orders issued by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton authorizing the recruitment of African American regiments under Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts as well as a muster-in roll confirming Harrison's official appointment.<br /> <br /> Issued at a moment when the Union relied increasingly on African American troops this document records the tension between discriminatory policy and federal efforts to formalize Black military service within established legal frameworks. The case of Samuel Harrison connected to the 54th Massachusetts one of the most prominent Black regiments of the war highlights both institutional inequities and the mechanisms through which they were contested at the highest levels of government. The inclusion of legislative interpretation executive transmission and military documentation within a single publication makes it a concentrated record of how civil rights questions were adjudicated during wartime illustrating the gradual expansion of legal recognition for African American service members. Light toning and minor edge wear from disbinding; overall condition very good. unknown
3733807<p>Metz Alsace-Lorraine German Empire: Gebrüder Notton Römerstr. 10 1908. Composite silver process photograph. Mount: 18¾ x 23½ inches. Image: 14¼ x 17¾ inches. Light rubbing to edges of mount with minor wear at bottom right; margins foxed; small mark at bottom extending faintly into image; very good.</p> <p>This is a rich and complex composite photograph from 1908 captioned with the words “Zur Erinnerung an Meine Dienstzeit†which translates to “In remembrance of my service time.†It was created for the 10th Company 8th Württemberg Infantry Regiment Grand Duke Frederick of Baden’s Regiment—possibly light infantry as in “Jäger infanterieregiment.†This regiment was based in Strasbourg in Alsace-Lorraine and served within the Imperial German Army. </p> <p>The surnames of these men are: Baibel Baierl Bauer Berger Jos. Burger Joh. Bumb Büchel Dirr Dirschedl Echtler Feibler Forster Fuchs Gaibl Ganslmeier Gundel Habender Hagl Haub Haüselmeier Herzog Hiemer Huber Jacob Janker Keim Kirchbauer Klemm Knott Kopp Kraus Kreckl Kübel Laubhardt Laubenbacher Lautner Lippert Maier Joh. Maier Seb. Merkel Miehling Moosburger Petermann Pfeilschifter Pflug Prior Rachl Rauschecker Ries Rommel Schmid Schmidt Schnabel Scholz Schraudolf Schweiber Stegmeier Sutter Ulm Weber Weindl Wenniger Wohlfarth Zieringer Zeilinger Zirngibl.</p> <p>The photograph presents a multitude of uniformed soldiers in a staged setting designed to resemble a military encampment or a gathering. The arrangement of soldiers is not casual but highly structured with officers shown with swords and details prominently positioned in the foreground. Many of the men are shown hoisting enormous beer steins with rather serious expressions.</p> <p>The photograph also features regimental flags and other military regalia which were symbols of pride and unity for the unit. The arrangement of soldiers in rows with some seated and others standing is typical of military portraiture of the time intended to display the order and discipline of the troops.</p> <p>The backdrop of the photograph features a bucolic scene a blend of a real outdoor setting and painted backdrops. This kind of photography allowed for the superimposition of studio-taken images onto a different background giving the impression that all individuals were present at a single location. Such methods were used to create cohesive unit photographs when it was not possible to gather everyone at once.</p> <p>The inclusion of phrases like “Mit Gott für König und Vaterland†With God for King and Fatherland reinforces the patriotic sentiment of the era and the soldiers’ commitment to their country and monarch. Other phrases such as “Die Well ist grofs Die Welt ist schön; Wer weifs ob wir uns wiedersehn!†“The world is big the world is beautiful; Who knows if we will see each other again!†reinforce the romanticism of military service.</p> <p>From a photographic history perspective the image represents the advancements in photo montage techniques at the turn of the 20th century. The image quality clarity and composition indicates that the photographers Gebruder Notton used a large-format camera which was capable of capturing detailed group portraits.</p> <p>A rather remarkable photograph encapsulating the military ethos of the German Empire during a period of intense nationalism and militarism leading up to the First World War.</p> unknown
19603443Kansas and Germany 1960. Very good. Twenty-two leaves illustrated with 167 photographs most mounted and captioned in white ink with a handful of loose images and one cloth nameplate. Some images removed. Oblong folio. Contemporary dark blue leatherette triple-ruled gilt borders on front cover string tied. Faint manuscript title on front cover reads "Book of the Past." Front cover detached some edge wear. Minor chipping to initial leaves first two leaves detached photos in generally nice condition. A unique collection of photographs documenting the military service of Private Eugene Jones an African American soldier in Company B of the 26th Infantry known as the Blue Spaders for the spade-like device on the unit's insignia. According to the manuscript captions written on the inside front cover which include his serial number Private Jones hailed from New York City and was stationed in Baumholder Germany as part of the 26th Infantry's 1st Battle Group. The 26th Infantry regiment was sent to Berlin and other spots in Germany in the early 1960s as part of the United States' efforts to reinforce West Germany against the Cold War forces in East Germany. Company B was likely some kind of support unit as Baumholder is located in the far-western portion of Germany much closer to France than Berlin.<br /> <br /> The present photo album contains numerous images of Jones' fellow soldiers most identified by name in manuscript captions. Other photographs picture the unit during their brief training at Fort Riley in Kansas before deploying to Germany. Once in Baumholder the soldiers are pictured in the bivouac area on the streets playing baseball with various women on base and in the barracks on patrol unloading Jeeps at the airstrip and more. One photo shows the exterior of the Baumholder Department Store. Some of the later pages contain earlier photographs showing some of Jones's friends and family from New York; these pages appear to have been ported over from another photo album. The only non-photographic item in the album is Jones's cloth nameplate.<br /> <br /> An interesting photographic record of service in an integrated unit in Cold War Germany. unknown
186432582Columbia: Evans and Cogswell 1864. Stiff wraps. Good. 12mo. 278 pages. Stiff paper boards with title on the front cover. Black cloth spine. Covers are worn and discolored. It appears the covers are facsimiles. Light to moderate foxing to the contents. Pencil inscription on the right front flyleaf reads "Col. Samuel W Milton from the publishers." <br /> <br /> The author wrote this book during his recovery from wounds in battle. He dedicates this work to Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis thanks the author and calls him "a master of the art of war" on page 12. Confederate imprint.<br /> <br /> Parrish & Willingham 4953; Confederate Hundred 60; Sabin 44651. The previous owner served as an Assistant Adjutant General under Samuel Cooper from 1863 to the end of the war. From Find A grave dot com taken from the Biography of Eminent Men of the Carolinas: <br /> <br /> Samuel Wickiff how it is spelled in the obit Melton was born in Yorkville S. C. February 7 183 hard to read. Receiving his early education in Yorkville he graduated from the South Carolina college in the class of 1852. He edited the Chester Standard published in Chester in 1852 and 1854. Then he returned to Yorkville and established the Yorkville Examiner on January 1 1855 running it until 1858 when he sold out to Lewis M. Grist. In the meantime in 1857 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law with his brother C. D. Melton at Chester continuing until the war broke out. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 on the staff of Gen. M L. Bonham as aid-de-camp accompanying him to Virginia remaining with him until after the first battle of Bull Run. Subsequently he went on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith commanding the Second corps he having the rank of major. He remained with Gen. Smith until February 1863 and was then assigned to duty in the office of the adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate army at Richmond where he remained until the close of the war. He was in the first battle of Bull Run in the Peninsular campaign in the battles around Richmond at Seven Pines the campaign in 1863 in North Carolina and temporarily on the staff of Gen. Beauregard at the battle of Drury's Bluff. The chief duties however from early in 1862 to the close of the war were in the adjutant general's office in Richmond. Evans and Cogswell unknown
1814AQ22779London: Printed and sold by W. Clowes 1814. 3 vi-xxxii 351pp 1. Without half-title. With 82 engraved figures on five folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf. Lightly rubbed and marked corners bumped head of spine scorched. Marbled endpapers armorial bookplate of Thomas Francis Fremantle third Lord Cottesloe 1862-1965 to FEP manuscript shelf-marks to front blank fly-leaf tear to leaves K9-10 - touching text without loss of sense. The uncommon first edition of an exhaustive and authoritative manual on British Army drills; published in the penultimate year of the Napoleonic Wars. A second edition appeared in 1816. In his prefatory remarks the anonymous infantry officer bemoans the 'little attention which is sometimes bestowed to the instruction of the troops' and the 'careless manner in which the drill and exercise are often carried on' situations which he hopes his book may rectify. The usual databases record copies at five locations BNF Buffalo California Canadian Museum of History and Mississippi. . First edition. 12mo. Printed and sold by W. Clowes unknown
1928068881Worcester MA: Commonwealth Press 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth lettered/illus. in black. Covers are typically somewhat grubby from handling but otherwise show only minor wear with minor rubbing to extremities. Text block edges dulled by age. Firm binding. xi370 pp. illus. 2 fully intact folding maps tucked in rear pocket. Very scarce. Commonwealth Press Hardcover
1920129462London: Hodder and Stoughton 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hodder and Stoughton circa 1920. Large octavo xx 468 pages with 20 maps and diagrams plus 3 folding maps and 16 plates including 2 tipped-in colour plates. Gilt-decorated cloth a little marked and mottled and slightly bumped at the extremities; endpapers offset; edges foxed with light scattered foxing elsewhere; pages adjacent to all plates uniformly tanned; occasional ink underlining to about 20 pages; uneven tanning to three openings from acidic bookmarks no longer present; trifling signs of age and use; a very good copy of a book that does not wear well in our experience. The foreword in French is by Marshal Foch four pages including the translation. A contemporary gift inscription 'To Mother and Father with love from Enid. September 4th 1920' is written in ink on the front flyleaf. Mounted on the front pastedown is a contemporary postcard-format commemorative photographic portrait with the printed caption 'For the Honor of Both . Victoria A.I.E.F. 1916'. Inscribed below it in ballpoint pen thus at a much later stage is the name 'Edwin' and 'Australian Imperial Empire Force 1916'. The honor roll for the 60th Battalion has a pencil mark next to the name 'Gunn Pte E.I.' see page 463. We presume the portrait depicts 1797 Private Edwin Innes Gunn who was killed in action at Fromelles on 19 July 1916 less than three weeks after disembarking at Marseilles. <p>Dornbusch 311; Fielding and O'Neill page 225; Trigellis-Smith 188. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
19190011016Coblenz Germany Benton Pa: Occupied Germany Coblenz Benton PA 56th Infantry. Good. 1919. Softcover. On offer is a superb pocket notebook kept by an American soldier in occupied Germany in the months immediately following World War One WW1. The author of this notebook is Ezra Skow. Little is known of Skow's early life. He was born in 1892 and enlisted in the U. S. Army in about September 1918 at the age of 25 or 26. Burial records in Benton PA indicate that he was attached to the 156th Infantry Regiment. However there was no 156th Infantry in the United States Order of Battle in WWI. In his notebook Skow records that he served in the 56th Infantry. This accords with the record of service of the 56th Infantry Regiment. The 56th Infantry Regiment was a regular infantry regiment in the United States Army. Its roots date back to the American Civil War where it served in the North's Army of the Potomac. It originated from personnel of the 17th Infantry Regiment in 1917 and fought in the region of Metz during World War I. In April 1919 a battalion of the 56th entered Metz as an honour guard for the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing. Skow was married before joining the army. His wife Laura lived until 1987 passing away at the age of 93. Skow himself died in 1947 at the age of 57. His entries take the form of letters to his wife. They cover the period Jan 11 1919 through June 25 1919. In his diary Skow records several of the towns and cities in which his unit was stationed including Metz France Mulheim Metternich and other places in and around the city of Coblenz Germany. His entries speak about the day-to-day existence of a private soldier: "This is some place. Gee I wish I was home now. I would tell you a lot. The women are carrying their things on their back when they go to the store" Jan 13; ". I wrote you a letter tonight and send you the worlds clock too as I saw that today over at the city. And I was to see Charley Chaplin in the front line trenches and it was good. I would like to see you now. . I sit here at a Dutch table now writing notes and the Dutch man is reading the paper and his wife is talking out of the front window and you can see they are like but not quite as bad. Your Husband Ezra Skow xxxx" May 2; ". I was over to Coblenz today and wrote you a letter. And it is a fine day. I didn't do very much today. But believe me I would love to be home to loved you again. As I am getting tired of this life and will be able to tell you all about it when I get home . Your most lonely husband this side of the water. Ezra Skow" May 12. On June 4th he writes that he has learned his unit is going to be leaving the Coblenz area and hopefully heading home to the United States. In fact this is exactly what happened. By June 23rd he is in Fort Dix NJ and on the 25th he is out of the army. : ". I am out of the army now. Coming home to you dear." June 25. There are several other pages of note which include among other things the names and addresses of several other men - likely men he met and befriended. For a historian this is an outstanding piece of primary source material. It details the very ordinary day-to-day life of a soldier in WWI capturing his duties and his longing for home. For a regimental historian this fills in details of the history of their regiments. For a genealogist it offers some links to other Americans who served in that regiment. Measuring 5.25 inches by 3.5 inches this notebook contains 72 pages and is 85% complete. The book is in good condition. The binding and pages are intact. His handwriting is cramped but generally legible. ; Manuscripts; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 72 pages; Keywords: handwritten manuscript document letter autograph writer hand written documents signed letters manuscripts historical holograph writers autographs personal memoir memorial antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier antike brief pergament dokument manuskript papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel 56th Infantry World War One US Army American soldier Occupied Germany . Occupied Germany, Coblenz, Benton, PA, 56th Infantry paperback
191947912Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. Very Good -. Vladivostok Siberia: 31st Infantry Regiment 1919. First Edition. Oversized tabloid 59.5cm; 6pp. Folds chips and a few splits along edges; paper toned and a bit brittle; Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> Quite scarce publication from the 31st Infantry Regiment published "Every Once In A While" "Wherever We Happen To Be." This issue was published during the Russian Civil War and the United States' failed Siberian Intervention. The paper itself is full of local and international news and leads with an article "What Siberians Are Taught: One Paper Says America Treats the Russians in the Same Way as Negroes."<br /> <br /> We find three holdings in OCLC at the Hoover Institution Montana State and U.S. Army War College. . 31st Infantry Regiment unknown
1919000114Post War Germany 1919. Very interesting and intriguing diary once one gets used to the author's scrawl. Containing approximately 29 pages written on both sides Ezra Skow writes one sometimes two days per page in this notebook style journal. Many entries are letter-style to his wife and signed at the bottom with his name and location. Many times he closes with XXX. May 19 writing of Coblenz and Berlin he closes: "I would just like to love you Dear. This is some life to be in and I don't know when I am coming home.I think next month." Another note on the inside front cover dated May 15th: "One year and 5 months since we have been married and have been in the army over 9 months now." Book shows general light wear and is about 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. There is a sleeve for a pencil which it seems is long gone. . Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
1951201621951. De Paur Leonard's 5th Annual Tour de Paur's Infantry Chorus materials 1951 document the postwar concert-touring system of an African American veterans' chorus that transformed wartime military performance into a nationally managed civilian musical enterprise. The archive documents African American choral touring through a souvenir booklet and concert program revealing how the chorus operated in practice through professional management printed repertoire performer biographies promotional photography and public commemoration of its touring record. De Paur had directed the chorus during World War II and contemporary coverage noted that the group's singers came from the 372nd Infantry and had given more than 2000 concerts in the Pacific Theatre before their postwar recording and concert career brought them to civilian audiences. The materials support research into African American military service concert management Black choral music spirituals wartime entertainment and the cultural transition from segregated military units to postwar public performance.<br /> <br /> The archive consists of two printed documents issued by Columbia Artists' Management: one twenty-four-page tour booklet and one four-page concert program together documenting de Paur's Infantry Chorus during its fifth-anniversary touring period. 1 De Paur Leonard. 5th Annual Tour de Paur's Infantry Chorus / Spring 1951. New York: Columbia Artists' Management Inc. 1951. Twenty-four-page booklet 9 x 12 inches with an introduction to the chorus biographies of de Paur and featured soloists two program lists and more than thirty black-and-white photographs including images from the chorus's South America and Caribbean tour a full-page photograph of de Paur conducting portraits of featured singers and a photograph of de Paur receiving a trophy from Columbia Artists Management president Frederick C. Schang Jr. commemorating the chorus's record-breaking 180-concert tour in 1948. The booklet closes with a fifth-anniversary statement thanking audiences for inviting the chorus "to come and sing for you" and for the "kind communion" found in sharing music language that frames the group's touring work as both professional achievement and collective cultural exchange. 2 De Paur Leonard. The Community Concert Association Presents de Paur's Infantry Chorus. New York: Columbia Artists' Management Inc. 1951-1952. Four-page program 6.25 x 9.5 inches with a full song list and brief background on de Paur and the chorus. The repertoire includes contemporary music Latin American folk songs World War II songs Negro spirituals and songs of faith with many arrangements attributed to de Paur; the spirituals include "No Bottom Steamboat Song" from John Henry for which de Paur served as original music director.<br /> <br /> The materials show the mechanisms of African American postwar concert circulation: a management agency packaging the chorus for community concert associations a printed booklet establishing institutional legitimacy photographic evidence of hemispheric touring and programs positioning spirituals alongside international folk material and wartime songs. University Musical Society records for a November 20 1951 de Paur Infantry Chorus concert similarly list repertoire ranging from Latin American songs and World War II material to African American spirituals confirming the breadth of the chorus's public programming during this period. Light wear toning and mild dampstaining to cover; contents remain complete and legible; overall very good. Focused African American music and military-history archive documenting how Leonard de Paur and a chorus of Black veterans carried wartime performance into postwar concert institutions recording touring and public commemoration. unknown
19462340808Baton Rouge: The 75th Infantry Division / Army & Navy Publishing Company 1946. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Rowe John S. Signed by author. Original platoon photograph signed by dozens of members of the 75th Infantry Division and noting their home towns laid in along with a Remember Pearl Harbor soldier 'diary' detailing the service of a soldier in the division. A couple faint spots to boards otherwise an excellent copy. Soldiers who signed included: Pearson C. Schiller; Sgt. Chitwood; Domenico J. Scatena; George T. Wingard Jr.; Mike Stirling Jr.; Paul Toman; Joe LaPointe; Lowell E. Murphy; 'myself' probably Nathan Hena who signed the Pearl Harbor sheet; Jack M. Reese; Robert N. Dugal; Joseph A. Buzogany; Robert T. Berkebile; Joseph W. Lasley; Grover E. Hardy; Douglas Huff; William C. Woodward; Ivan C. Else; Francis Quinn; G.L. Mae; Calvin W. Hood; Howard L. Marshall; Chester Kalm; Delwyn P. Goodyear; Sgt. Adams; Walter J. Clausius Jr.; John J. Long; Morton L. Plesser; Ridley W. Meek; Richard H. Phillips; Jerry H. Steward; Harry S. Singer; William H. Fleming; Platton Sgt. Smith the sergeants' names are all in pencil in the same hand so they were probably written in by the owner of the book. Some names are numbered to correspond with the photo others are marked as 'not present for picture'. 1946 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Black-and-white photographs throughout depicting the service of the 75th Infantry Division toward the end of World War II. The 75th Infantry Division / Army & Navy Publishing Company hardcover
185532141Boston: Davis & Farmer Printers 1855. 48pp top margins of first few leaves spotted. Stitched in original printed wrappers lightly foxed. Except as noted Very Good.<br /> <br /> The Infantry is named in honor of Revolutionary War Major General Benjamin Lincoln. This rare pamphlet prints its founding documents marching and arms instruction for the soldier and a manual of arms for sergeants.<br /> FIRST EDITION. OCLC 590599680 2- AAS NYHS as of June 2015. Davis & Farmer, Printers unknown
01110085Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Press This unit was part of the 14th Army Corps and fought extensively with Shermans army. It fought in the Army of the Cumberland from Perryville on they were with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign on his famous march in Georgia and through the Carolina Campaign. Gilt and red titles on blindstamped deep blue cloth. 166pp. Owner's handstamp name on rear free end paper otherwise unmarked. An especially nice example of this scarce history. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo. The Ohio Valley Press Hardcover
194490244n.p. 1944. 1st ed. Paperback. Good. photos 54p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Cover rather scuffed and soiled with about one-half of rear panel with an extensive but not showing through brown stain. Rather heavy vertical crease. Moderate browning soiling and other wear. Well-worn but basically sound. Scarce item about this African Amnerican military unit. The 371st and 372d Infantry Regiments were seconded to the 157th Infantry division of the French Army in 1918 during World War I and were involved in significant military action as part of the France's "Red Hand Division. The 372d was reconstituted in the National Guard in 1925 until World War II. The Regiment was not attached to a Division and served stateside and in the territory of Hawaii during World War II. Colonel Edward Orval Gourdin a double Harvard graduate undergraduate and law school and a silver medalist at the 1924 Olympics was the Regiment's commanding officer during World War II. He was later the first African American appointed as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge in 1951 and had achieved the rank of Brigadier General when he retired from the National Guard in 1959. The original owner of this book was a Staff Sergeant in the Regiment. Signed on first blank page by 14 individuals -- most seem to be fellow NCOs. paperback
1945509612Ninth Infantry Division Historian's Office / F. Bruckmann Printing 1945. Paperback. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. 4 48 4 pp. b/w photo and engraved plates. Sewn binding in stiff plain cards in b/w photo and color engraved dust jacket. With just some trivial wear to the tips and a bit of separation between the first and second gatherings otherwise very clean and fresh. A very nicely produced regimental history of the storied 9th Division in North Africa Italy and German during WWII. Extensively illustrated with B/W photo plates and in-text engravings done by the German Brend'Amour Simhart & Co. Engravers and printed by F. Bruckmann KG Printers in Munich during American occupation following the defeat of the Nazis. Scarce in trade 8 copies in OCLC including LOC NYPL and West Point. Ninth Infantry Division Historian's Office / F. Bruckmann Printing paperback
1946mon0003554016Army and Navy Publishing Company 1946T. hardcover. Good. . shows minor wear and foxing. Army and Navy Publishing Company hardcover
1920117167London: Hodder and Stoughton 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London Hodder and Stoughton circa 1920. Large octavo xx 468 pages with 20 maps and diagrams plus 3 folding maps and 16 plates including 2 tipped-in colour plates. Gilt-decorated cloth a little marked and slightly unevenly sunned; edges foxed with occasional scattered foxing elsewhere; flyleaves heavily offset with minor silverfish damage to the bottom corner of the rear one; a very good copy. The foreword is by Marshal Foch. The book is not identified as such but it comes from the personal collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Thomas Paterson 1886-1950 Commanding Officer of the 39th Battalion AIF and the author of that battalion's history. Dornbusch 311; Fielding and O'Neill page 225; Trigellis-Smith 188. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1888762241888. SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENTAL. WASHINGTON LIGHT INFANTRY. Rolls of the Washington Light Infantry in Confederate Service to Which Is Appended the Mortuary of the Three Companies. All Corrected by Special Committees of Each of the Three Companies and Published by the W.L.I. Veterans. Charleston: 1888. 1st ed. 17pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Housed in custom cloth folding case. Spine just starting else fine. Dornbusch II 948. unknown
1h6650Leopold Sommer Wien 1851. XVI/319 S. mit 1 Vorwort und 1 Armee-Befehl von Franz Joseph zahlr. Notenbeilagen sowie 21 gefalt. lithogr. Tafeln original Leinen mit in Gold geprägtem Rückentitel gering fleckig/Name auf Vorsatz. - sehr gutes Exemplar - unknown
188059333No. place no date ca. 1880. Imperial folio. 72 x 495 cm. Contemp. full cloth. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper cover. Containing 9 double-folio plates printed in blue each measuring 70 x 94 cm. hardcover
1863000013036Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1863. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 32mo. 14 cm x 9 cm. 4 5-450 14 pages of publisher's advertisements 2 pp. Green pebble-grain publisher's cloth with the symbol of the War Department and several borders in blind on both boards gilt lettering and the War Department's symbol in gilt on the spine. Illustrated with a folding frontispiece and with 77 additional plates many of which are folding all illustrations and diagrams done in black and white. Completing the title page: "Including Infantry of the Line Light Infantry and Riflemen. Prepared under the Direction of the War Department Authorized and Adopted by The Secretary of War May 1 1861. Containing The School of the Soldier; The School of the Company; Instruction for Skirmishers; the General Calls the Calls for Skirmishers and the School of the Battalion; Including the Articles of War and a Dictionary of Military Terms. Broadfoot 591. With a contemporary inscription on the free front endpaper: "Mr. James Reynolds Book O U or Oct. 15th 1862". According to records found on Ancestry.com a James Reynolds enlisted in August of 1862 into the 25th Infantry of Connecticut and mustered in on November 11 of 1862. The entire regiment mustered out in Hartford on August 26th of 1863. The regiment saw action near Baton Rouge and helped carry out the siege of Port Hudson. A fascinating volume of U.S. military history crucial to the volunteers and drafted soliders of the Union Army. The manual instructs the soldiers on how to interpret bugle calls with sheet music printed inside how to engage in combat and on the general rules of conducting war. Spotting to the front board some of the plates with a wrinkle or two the frontispiece partially trimmed resulting in only nine of the ten companies depicted actually present. J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover
18926205Chicago: Women's Temperance Publishing Association 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 672 pages embossed cloth hinges cracked edgeworn <br/><br/>The "Old Thirteenth" was raised at Dixon Illinois in May 1861. It took 25 years after the War before the comrades organized to collect letters and diaries and oral accounts for this work. Plates portraits maps. Women's Temperance Publishing Association hardcover
1864List2721Petersburg Virginia 1864. Single letter four 5 x 8 inch pages folded. Toning and some tears at folds overall excellent condition. M. Herbert Wood c. 1839–deceased was an officer of the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War. This regiment which consisted of African-American enlisted men with white officers was part of the 4th Division of the IX Corps organized at Camp Casey Virginia. Wood may also have served in the 25th Ohio regiment. A newspaper account from the time alleges that Wood a Mainer had married an Alabama woman who owned a considerable number of enslaved people and then “sold the negroes pocketed the proceeds turned abolitionist abandoned his wife and child and went back to Maine†before joining the Union army.1 Following the Civil War Wood purportedly asked President Andrew Johnson for a position but was denied after testifying that he would side with Congress over the President presumably concerning Reconstruction.<br /> <br /> This letter to Wood’s sister Mollie is dated July 16 1864 after the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and shortly before the Battle of the Crater in which the 23rd suffered significant casualties. Wood describes the Regiment’s dire financial situation apparently having gone months without pay:<br /> <br /> “I cannot send any money to you in this letter for the simple reason that I have not any myself. We have not been paid since the last day of Feb and there is not an officer in the Regt that has 5 dollars but we shall be paid I hope soon it cannot be very long and I will then send you as much as you need.â€<br /> <br /> He also informs Mollie of some sad intelligence about her husband:<br /> <br /> “I do not wish or would not say one single word to injure your feelings but I very much fear that what I told you when we last met at New Berne has proved true. And that you are now a deserter’s wife. I have enquired of a great many officers who know him and to some who are Bro. Masons & have stated circumstances omitting name & place and all agree in saying that you will probably never hear from him again. We may all be mistaken however I hope we are.â€<br /> <br /> The Civil War saw quite a high desertion rate on both sides though many men eventually returned to their posts voluntarily or otherwise.<br /> <br /> 1 “A Specimen of the Impeachment of Witnesses†The Louisville Daily Journal April 15 1868. unknown
