Published by University of California Press, 1949
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition date same on title. NOT an ex library book. 558 pages. Dust jacket has 1/4" chips, peeling on spine ends, price is clipped.
Published by Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois, 1910
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 336 pgs, index, plates. Publication Fourteen of the Illinois State Historical Library, in the Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. CONDITION DESCRIPTION:Covers rubbed own edges, spine with small chips, spine ends rubbed, Interior pages clean. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The Crippen diary comprises pages 220-282 and covers the period, August 7, 1861 to September 19, 1863. Crippin was a private in Co. C, 27th Illinois Infantry. He describes the Battle of Belmont, the Battle of Farmington, and that at Stone River. He also served in the Chickamauga Campaign, with the diary coming to an end in September, 1863. Records indicate Crippin died November 25, 1863 of wounds he received at Mission Ridge. REFERENCES: Dornbusch Ill #147.