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[TWO PRINTS AND A MAP RELATED TO THE ARMY TRAINING EXERCISES IN 1898].Biblio.com

Army and NavyBiblio.com

United States Military History and Organization from the Revolution to the Spanish American War Wagner Kelley Jerrold 1899

1899185571899. Wagner Arthur L.; Kelley Assistant Adjutant-General; Jerrold J.D. The United States Army and Navy: From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War 1899 presenting a comprehensive late nineteenth-century account of American military development with direct relevance to the study of warfare institutional organization and expansion of U.S. military power. The work surveys major conflicts including the Revolutionary War Mexican War Indian Wars and Spanish-American War situating the latter within a period of overseas engagement and changing strategic priorities. It also provides detailed treatment of military structure including administrative divisions pay systems and operational organization within the Army alongside parallel developments in the Navy. Naval sections address earlier conflicts such as the War of 1812 and engagements with Tripoli and France as well as contemporary actions including Manila Bay and Santiago de Cuba reflecting the emergence of the United States as a naval power at the close of the nineteenth century. Wagner Arthur L.; Kelley; Jerrold J.D. The United States Army and Navy: From the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War; with Accounts of Their Organization Administration and Duties. Akron Ohio: The Werner Company 1899. First edition. Oblong folio measuring approximately 18 x 13.5 inches illustrated with 43 full-color lithographic plates on heavy stock comprising 25 army subjects and 18 navy subjects each accompanied by descriptive text on protective tissue guards. The plates depict soldiers officers and marines in uniform battlefield scenes and naval vessels including battleships and cruisers providing visual representation of personnel equipment and engagements across multiple conflicts. Single oblong folio volume in dark blue cloth with gilt title on the front board. Light wear to edges of spine and boards; text and plates clean and well-preserved; overall very good condition. A large-format illustrated survey of United States military history and organization at the close of the nineteenth century. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

[Military History]; [United States Army]; [United States Infantry]; War DepartmentBiblio.com

U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry

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

Evening Star Books · États-Unis303,00 $US≈ 256,37 €

Marmont, Marshal; Schaller, Frank (Colonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry, Confederate Army) [Confederate imprint]Biblio.com

The Spirit of Military Institutions by Marshal Marmont Duke of Ragusa

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." 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. 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: 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

Americana Books ABAA · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €