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NY: American Bank Note Co, 1882. First. Hard Bound. Both front endpapers missing. Book a little loose but overall text is VG. Biding has a little rubbing. Gold spine lettering bright/None. The unit history for the Seventh Vermont Infantry. The unit served primarily in Louisiana but also other places in the Deep South like Vicksburg, Florida and Texas. The 7th was one of the units protecting Fort Pickens near Pensacola. Information on that part of the War is extremely scarce. I know as I once lived there. There are several pages of their Death Roll, likely most contributed to disease.There is a roster of the unit personnel also.

Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1865. Stated third thousand. Wraps. Smokey colored wraps, leading edges of wraps chipped with both wraps present and holding tight./None. Housed in a cardboard clam shell binder.. Patterson has often been labeled as the goat and reason the Union lost the battle of First Manassas. His task was to hold the Confederate forces in the Valley in place to prevent them from reinforcing those at Manassas where the main Union attack was to take place. He didn't and through the first major railroad military transport of troops Johnston arrived in the nick of time. Defensive in nature as might be expected. Has an index and a map as a frontise.

NY: Van Nostrand, 1862. New Edition, Revised. Hard Bound. Very minor xlib. Only two stickers in the book, no stamps noted, a presentation gift label on the front gluedown and Read's bookplate on the ffep. The book has been used, but not abused./None.. Very scarce Navy manual. Book may have its origin with a manual by Totten in 1841. Full of navy jargon. Gives the basics of seamanship along with a glossary of terms (much needed). Lengthy book of 449 pages. The signature is of John J. Read, U.S. Navy. Attended the Naval Academy and graduated in 1861. Assigned to Farragut's ship, the Hartford for two years. Served in all the blockading squadrons during the War. Remained in service and retired as a Rear Admiral. Nevins I-236: "Contains technical details on seamanship as taught at the Naval Academy during the Civil War; also includes a glossary of terms.".

Chicago: Donohue, 1912. First. HB. Water ring on front board. Gold lettering front board and spine very good. Hinges perfect./No Jacket. INTERESTING ASSOCIATION, COLONEL OF THE 19TH WAS TURCHIN, AUTHOR OF THE COLLECTIBLE CHICKAMAUGA BOOK. MOST UNIT MEMBERS WERE FROM THE CHICAGO AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA. ROSTER AND PICTURES. WESTERN THEATER UNIT. "Who Will Save the Left.

n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Very likely a first edition. Hard Cover. Exterior VG+. Book has water damage in way of a stain and wrinkled pages through roughly 1/3 of the text. Rest OK.. This did not injure the text./None.. This is an unusual and scarce book. It has information on the discovery and development of Old Northwest which included much of today's Upper Midwest. Contains information on Ft. Snelling, Ft. Edwards, Ft. Calhoun and numerous forts constructed in Iowa.Central to this narrative is the Sioux uprising in Minnesota and Northern Iowa. Many of the men who volunteered for service in the Civil War never got there. They were formed into a brigade that fought Indians in the area mentioned. The story is sympathetic to the Native Americans.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror, 1906. First. Hard Bound. G+Lettering rubbed and faded.Interior VG+/None. Mix of bio from Civil War (8th NY Heavy Artillery) and life in the West during the 1880s. Anderson was an adventurer who went West (Dakota Territory) after the Civil War. Seven chapters of his book deal with his Civil War experiences. Nevins I-52. (Not in "Six Guns.").