A TRUE STORY AND HISTORY of the FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT ILLINOIS VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (Illinois Regimental History)

Ranstead, Herbert E. Member of Company D, Fifth-Third Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry

Published by No Place, 1910

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SUBTITLED: 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. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 104 pgs, frontis portrait of the author. Original printed wrappers, title in black on green paper wrappers with yapped edge. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Yapped edges with some small tears with minor chipping to rear lower spine and rear corner; else very good+. Interior has the stapled text block lightly separating from covers, but still intact; else pages are clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The regiment fought at Shiloh, Hatchie's Bridge, Vicksburg, the March to the Sea, the Carolinas campaign, and Bentonville. Included here is a prison narrative of Libby Prison and Belle Island. A very scarce regimental history and personal narrative. Overall a very nice copy of a book, due to its local production, is rarely offered for sale and when it is, it is usually in poor condition. Both RareBookHub and Live auctioneers have no reference to this book. REFERENCES: Dorn Ill 220; Not in NEVINS. Seller Inventory # 1222054

Bibliographic Details

Title: A TRUE STORY AND HISTORY of the FIFTY-THIRD ...

Publisher: No Place

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition