THE HISTORY OF THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS, (Illinois Regimental History)

Lathrop, Dr. D.

Verlag: Hall & Hutchinson, Printers and Binders, Indianapolis, Ind, 1865

Beschreibung

SUBTITLED: Or a Three Years Campaign through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky, with a Description pf the Country, Towns, Skirmishes and Battles Incidents, Causalities and Anecdotes met with on the way; and Embellished with Twenty-Four Lithographed Portraits of the Officers of the Regiment. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 243 pgs, 24 portraits on 3 plates. Original embossed cloth covers with a new spine and endpapers. Gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Original boards are worn on edges and corners. The new spine and endpapers were well done; result in a tight, solid book. Pages are age-toned, else clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Originally organized as the 9th Missouri Infantry, it was re-designated the 59th Illinois Infantry in February 1862. As noted in the sub-title, this regiment fought throughout the western theater. Its engagements included Battle of Pea Ridge; Battle of Perryville; Battle of Stone's River; Battle of Lookout Mountain; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Siege of Atlanta; Battle of Franklin and Battle of Nashville. The Regiment was raised in southwestern Illinois, and over half of the narrative deals with active service in Missouri. This regimental history is quite scarce and seldom offered for sale in the first edition. RareBook Hub has no reference to being offered for sale since 1960. LiveAuctioneers has no reference to it. REFERENCES: DORN Ill #243; NEVINS I pg 119: "An above-average recollections, based on a diary and written while the events were still fresh in the mind; the 59th Illinois campaigned from Pea Ridge through Stone's River". COULTER 285: "The author considered himself almost as much a traveler as a soldier and took particular pains to describe physical characteristics of the country, natural curiosities, towns, and villages, and the sentiments of the inhabitants.Lathrop wrote this account immediately after the war, basing it on fresh memory and a personal diary.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1222057

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE HISTORY OF THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT ...

Verlag: Hall & Hutchinson, Printers and Binders, Indianapolis, Ind

Erscheinungsdatum: 1865

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition