THE "TWENTY-SEVENTH", A Regimental History (Inscribed by Author) (27th Conn Inf)

Sheldon, Winthrop D., Late Lieutenant Company H.

Verlag: Morris & Benham, New Haven, 1866, 1866

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 144 pgs, 2 portrait illustrations. Unit roster. Decorative green cloth with beveled edges and gilt eagle on cover and gilt titled spine, embossed eagle on rear board; beveled edges. Presentation from author to his cousin, Miss Annie D. Jones. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Cloth lightly rubbed on corners, and spine ends. Interior is age toned, else clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Scarce Connecticut regimental history; one of those early post-war works. Recruited in New Haven, this 9-month unit saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. In its short service, the Regiment lost 533 men who were killed, wounded, captured, and died of disease out of 829 enrolled. REFERENCES: DORN Conn 103; NEVINS I 157: "The author, a member of the 27th Connecticut, took part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville only; his extreme bitterness toward the South mars the whole narrative." COULTER 412: "This work, written soon after the war, gives some meager descriptions of the country and the people but is tinged with considerable bitterness and contempt for the Confederates.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0424091

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE "TWENTY-SEVENTH", A Regimental History (...

Verlag: Morris & Benham, New Haven, 1866

Erscheinungsdatum: 1866

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition