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67006 Adams, Henry C. Indiana at Vicksburg Published pursuant to an act of the sixty-sixth General Assembly by the Indiana-Vicksburg Military Park Commission Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, nd. Facsimile reprint of the 1911 edition of Wm Burford. Hardcover, octavo, 476pp., monochrome illustrations. Plain black boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. A commemorative report detailing the services of Indiana troops who participated in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg March 29 to July 4, 1863. The book describes, also, in detail the Vicksburg National Military park which "..commemorates the campaign, siege and defense of Vicksburg.. It contains 1288 acres and practically includes the fighting ground of the siege and defense operations. These consisted of two assaults by the Union army on May 19th and 22nd; the siege operations of that army from May 23rd to July 4th and the heroic defense of the Confederate army under General Pemberton. ... The siege and defense operations are commemorated in the same way, and also by position tablets and markers established in the exact places where the operations were carried on. The nature of the operations give a distinctive character to the Vicksburg Park. The main part of the battlefield is bounded on the inside by Confederate Avenue closely following the line of defense, and on the outside by Union Avenue closely following the first parallel trench of the Union army. The park picture, therefore has definite and exact boundaries." Where possible the history of each command was written by a member of the organisation itself and the list of casualties have been compiled from Dyer's Compendium. Click here to order $25

66973 Bering, John A., & Thomas Montgomery History of the Forty-Eighth Ohio Vet. Vol. Inf. Giving a Complete Account of the Regiment From its organization at camp Dennison in October, 1861, to the close of the War and its final muster-out, May 10, 1866. Including all its marches, camps, battles, battle-scenes, skirmishes, sieges, bivouacs, picketing, foraging and scouting; with its capture, prison life and exchange. Embracing also an account of the escape and recapture of Major J A Bering and Lieut. W J Srofe, and the closing events of the war in the trans-Mississippi dep't. Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1880 edition of Highland News Office. Hardcover, octavo, 284pp. Plain dark red boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20

208954 [Cartographica Press] The Historical Atlas of the Civil War Cartographica Press/Chartwell Books Inc., Edison NJ, 2009. Quarto; hardcover, full leather with gilt spine and upper board titles, gilt upper board decorations, moire silk endpapers and a gold ribbon; 400pp., with maps and many full-colour and monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; previous owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper. No dustwrapper as issued. Near fine. Click here to order $180

67016 Clark, William (ed.) History of Hampton Battery F Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery Organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, Mustered Out in Pittsburgh June 26, 1865. Brookhaven Press, La Crosse WI, 1999. Facsimile edition of the 1909 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 179pp., fold-out map and monochrome illustrations. Plain black boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Historical Soc of W PA printed on title page. Fine. "This Army from the beginning has preserved its identity like no other of the national forces. The elements of all the other armies have been continually changing by transfers from one line of operation to another. The army of the Potomac has had but one object, has operated but in one field, has been kept substantially undivided, and has acquired a peculiar compactness of organization and unity of spirit. It has always occupied the foreground of the war, and all brilliant exploits elsewhere could but momentarily draw the public eye from it. five times as much blood has been spilled by the Army of the Potomac as by all the other national forces combined. Everybody has felt that on its strong right arm mainly depended the fate of the nation. The Army of the Potomac should always be remembered as the Army that was pitted against the very head and front of the Rebellion, and sent it finally to the dust. Every living man who has faithfully served in that Army deserves unfading laurels, and every one of the tens of thousands of its heroic dead should have a monument as enduring as the Republic" (from the Preface). Click here to order $25

66974 Davis, W.W.H. History of the 104th Pennsylvania Regiment From August 22nd 1861 to September 30th 1864 Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1866 edition of Jas. B Rogers. Hardcover, octavo, 364pp. Plain brown boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20

66970 Derby, W.P. Bearing Arms in the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War 1861-1865 Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1883 edition of Wright & Potter. Hardcover, octavo, 607pp. Plain brown boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $25

66976 Haines, William P. History of the Men of CO. F, with Description of the Marches and Battles of the 12th New Jersey Vols. A Sturdy band of farmer boys; Of patriots, staunch and true; Their hardships, trials, fate and joys, I will unfold for you. Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, nd. Facsimile reprint of the 1897 edition of N J Mickleton. Hardcover, octavo, 293pp. Plain dark boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $40

66972 Hunter, Alf G. History of the Eighty-Second Indiana Volunteer Infantry Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, nd. Facsimile reprint of the 1893 edition of WM Burford. Hardcover, octavo, 255pp. Plain dark brown boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20

66969 Logan, John A. (ed.) History 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteers W.S. Morris, L.D. Hartwell, J.B. Kuykendall Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale IL, 1998. Paperback, octavo, 229pp., monochrome illustrations. Minor wear; near fine. This story is told by three veterans who enlisted in the Union Army in their teens and recounted their experiences in their fifties, follows the regiment from the battles of Belmont, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta through the March to the Sea into North Carolina. "Few regiments", notes John Y Simon in the foreword, "fought longer or more fiercely, suffered more casualties, or won more victories". Click here to order $15

67007 McAdams, F.M. Every-Day Soldier Life Or, A History of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1884 edition of Chas. M Cott. Hardcover, octavo, 400pp. Plain red boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. "This is not a history of the war; not a review of campaigns and sieges, but a record of duties, deeds and trials of the man who bore the musket and made victory for the country and fame for his commander. And, if it is found to be a work in which the common soldier is the hero, the apology offered is merely an explanation that the material on hand was of that kind which dealt principally with the enlisted men... My aim has been to present such general incidents of every-day soldier life as have escaped the pen of the more competent historian, and such as will prove of most interest to men with whom I shared the life of a common soldier, leaving to others the weightier matters of the great civil war. From Camp Chase, 1862 to Tod Barracks, 1865, by way of the mountains, the rivers and the sea, there lies a multitude of daring deeds by daring men worthy of a place in history. It is hoped that this record will be a source of gratification to many a parent, sister, brother or child of those of our number who went forth with us but who returned not to tell the story of their services; while to those of us who shared in it and still live, it will serve to keep in memory the duties, names and services of ourselves and our comrades till we shall be commanded to 'fall-in' to cross the great pontoon which spans the dark river, separating us from the land of rest and eternal peace.." (from the Preface). Click here to order $25

67009 Pierce, Sergeant Lyman B. History of the Second Iowa Cavalry: Containing A Detailed Account of its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which It Has Participated; Also, A Complete Roster of Each Company Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1865 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 237pp. Plain mauve boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20

66978 Ranstead, H.E. A True Story and History of the Fifty-Third Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry Its Campaigns and Marches Incidents that occurred on Marches and in camp. What happened to some of its members and what became of others. Short stories of marches and how the army lived. Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, nd. Facsimile reprint of the 1910 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 104pp. Plain grey-black boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Very scarce even in facsimile. Click here to order $80

66968 Sheldon, Winthrop D. The "Twenty-Seventh" A Regimental History BiblioBazaar, Charleston SC, nd. Hardcover, octavo, 143pp. Facsimile reproduction of the 1866 edition published by Morris & Benham. Illustrated boards. Minimal wear. Fine. Click here to order $17

67010 Thorpe, Sheldon B History of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteers in the War for the Defense of the Union 1861-1865 Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1893 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 362pp., monochrome illustrations. Plain dark green boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $25

67011 Travis, B.F. The Story of the Twenty-fifth Michigan Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1897 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 400pp., monochrome illustrations. Plain dark blue boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20

67008 Walkley, Stephen (ed.) History of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Hawley's Brigade, Terry's Division Tenth Army Corps 1861-1865 Higginson Book Company, Salem MA, 1998. Facsimile reprint of the 1905 edition. Hardcover, octavo, 226pp., monochrome illustrations. Plain dark blue boards with gilt titling. Professional library style binding. Fine. Click here to order $20