ON THE PARALLELS; or Chapters of Inner History, a Story of the Rappahannock (24th New Jersey Infantry Regimental History)

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 333, (i) pgs, frontispiece portrait, 20 plates from photographs and sketches. Original blue cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are well rubbed and worn on corners, spine ends and edges. Some soiling and light staining; gilt is bright. Interior pages are age-toned, else clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: The author wrote another work on his experiences with the 24th New Jersey Infantry, Awhile with the Blue (1898). Borton was a private in the regiment. This work is a revised and enlarged edition with new features (author's Note to Reader). The 24th New Jersey, as a nine-month regiment, was formed in September 1862 at Camp Cadwallader, Beverly, New Jersey. They served in Washington, D.C. and in Northern Virginia, and participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville before mustering on in June of 1863. REFERENCES: DORN NJ81; NEVINS I pg 61: "A more elaborate account of wartime by this New Jersey soldier; too manufactured and shallow to be of great significance.".…