Army Life; From a Soldier's Journal: Incidents, Sketches, and a Record of a Union Soldier's Army Life, in Camp and Field; 1861-1864
by Albert O. Marshall
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Joliet, IL : Self-Published by Author, 1883 Self-Published by Author, Joliet, IL. 1883. Hardcover. First Edition (SD). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; wear to head, tail, tips, board bottom edges, and top of front spine shoulder; signature of pages 131-142 is loose at the spine where string binding has loosened. No DJ. Brown cloth boards and spine with dulled gilt lettering on the spine and front board; embossed decorations on front and rear boards. Dark brown endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 410 pp 8vo. The author read many officer stories and though the life of a private in the Civil War would be of interest. The author wrote this from sketches written in little memorandum books which he kept in his knapsack and which miraculously stayed with him for three years at the front, on the march, in bivouac, and battle. The end result is a picture of a private soldier's army life. A clean very clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016676
- Title
- Army Life; From a Soldier's Journal: Incidents, Sketches, and a Record of a Union Soldier's Army Life, in Camp and Field; 1861-1864
- Author
- Albert O. Marshall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Self-Published by Author
- Place of Publication
- Joliet, IL
- Date Published
- 1883
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- American Civil War, Civil War, Memoirs, Union Army, Union Army Private, Personal recollections, Civil War in Missouri, Fredericktown Missouri, ARcadia Missouri, Battle of Cache River, Vicksburg, Battle of Champion Hills, Battle of Black River, Civil War i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Civil War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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