ARMY LIFE OF AN ILLINOIS SOLDIER: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea. Letters and Diary of the Late Charles W. Wills, Private and Sergeant 8th Illinois Infantry; Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant 7th Illinois Cavalry; Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel 103rd Illinois Infantry (Illinois Regimental History)

Wills, Charles W.

Verlag: Globe Printing Company, Washington DC, 1906

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 383 pgs, frontis portrait. Decorative cover with black, yellow and blue gilt design, white gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing and wear to edges and spine ends. Interior has inked name of former owner on free endpaper, else is clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Wills was initially a 3-month recruit in the 8th Illinois Infantry. He reenlisted and became Lt. and Adjutant of the 7th Illinois Cavalry. Mustered out, he formed a company of men from Canton, Illinois for the 103rd Illinois Infantry. During the campaign in the Carolina's he was commissioned Lt.Col. of the regiment. REFERENCES: DORN Ill #29; NEVINS I pg 179: "A participant in the Western campaigns, Wills relied on lengthly letters for the events through the fall of Atlanta, then reproduced a sketchy diary for Sherman's march; undertones pop humor mark the whole narrative." COULTER 480: "The scene of his military activities until 1864 lay in western Tennessee and northern Mississippi and Alabama; in 1864-1865 he participated in the Atlanta campaign and Sherman's March. Letters from the author containing many interesting comments on the country and its population, are the most valuable part of this work". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1022063

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ARMY LIFE OF AN ILLINOIS SOLDIER: Including ...

Verlag: Globe Printing Company, Washington DC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1906

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition