The Color-Guard: Being A Corporal’s Notes of Military Service in the Nineteenth Army Corps.
by Hosmer, James K
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1864. First edition of James Kendall Hosmer's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. During the American Civil War, James Kendall Hosmer enlisted as a private in the 52nd Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, 19th Army Corps. In little time he was promoted to the rank of corporal as a color guard, whose duty was to guard the regimental colors and national flag, especially during times of conflict. Hosmer's service in the Union Army ended when his regiment was mustered out in 1863. At the urging of friends and relatives these accounts were organized and edited and were later published in a book in 1864, The Color Guard, being a corporal's notes of military service in the Nineteenth Army Corps, which outlined Hosmer's experiences during the war. His work received good reviews from many well known literary critics of the time and was widely read in both America and England.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132043
- Title
- The Color-Guard: Being A Corporal’s Notes of Military Service in the Nineteenth Army Corps.
- Author
- Hosmer, James K
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Walker, Wise, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- James K. Hosmer First Edition, The Color-Guard First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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