Mccorkell James (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxxvi, 614 pgs, frontis, portrait plates, illustrations, unit roster as appendix, text map and large folding map in rear of the Field of Operations of the Army of the Potomac. Blue cloth with gilt titled spine. Inked dated presentation from Wm. Brooke Rawle to Mr. Albert Cook Myers, on front endpaper. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges, corners, and spine ends, shelf rubbing and soiling. Top of spine worn. Interior rear hinges weak, front endpapers with small chips. Else interior is clean and tight. Two folding maps; first with text showing Operations in Battle of Gettysburg the second is attached to rear endpaper showing Operations in the Army of the Potomac and is folded as published with no defects. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Physically a thick book done on fine paper, a good quality publishing job; however not uncommon for weak hinge problems as found in this book. This Regiment fought with the Army of the Potomac beginning in March 1862 through Appomattox. It includes a long section, "With the Cavalry on the Peninsula" by Gen. William W. Averell, the Colonel of the Regiment at that time based on his Regimental Journal. Also Bvt.Lt.Col. Rawls describing The Second Cavalry Division in the Gettysburg Campaign. Other sections include additional reminiscences of Gettysburg and other operations and engagements to the end of the war. An excellent, detailed history of cavalry operations in the Eastern Theater, one of the best. Well illustrated, a comprehensive roster, and excellent maps. REFERENCES: DORN PA 31: NEVINS I pg 143: "An exceptionally full, day-by-day chronicle of the regiment first commanded by William W. Averell; indispensable for an insight into Eastern cavalry operations throughout the four years of war." MULLINS//REED #197. Inscribed by Author(s).