HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. (Inscribed by Author) (105th Pennsylvania Regimental History)

Scott, Kate M.

Published by New-World Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1877, 1877

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SUBTITLED: A Complete History of the Organization, Marches, Battles, Toils, and Dangers Participated in by the Regiment. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xiii, (17)-329 pgs, frontis portrait and other portrait plates. Unit roster 257-327. Original burnt orange cloth with sculpted covers and a gilt design on front, with gilt titled cover, and sculpted and embossed rear cover; beveled boards. Inscribed by the author on blank preliminary page. CONDITON DESCRIPTION: Near fine with minor rubbing to edges and spine ends. Interior lacks front free endpaper, else is clean and tight. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: The author, Kate M. Scott, was born in 1837 and served in the Civil War from 1861-1865 as a volunteer Army Nurse at Camp Jackson, Virginia with the 105th Pennsylvania Regiment. As a volunteer, Scott worked as a nurse aiding men who were dying from fever and pneumonia. She was quarantined twice by smallpox during her time as a volunteer. She later served as corresponding secretary of the 105th Regiment Association and also of the Monumental Association of the 105th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Nicknamed the "Wildcat Regiment" in recognition of the unit's large membership from the Wildcat Congressional District in Jefferson County, the 105th Pennsylvania was also staffed by a large contingent of men from Clarion County. It had engagements at Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Spotsylvania, and Petersburg. The 105th Pennsylvania Infantry is recognized as one of the FOX 300 Fighting Regiments. A remarkable book, with a beautiful binding, here in near fine collector's condition with inscription from the author. REFERENCES: HOWES PA 265: "The author was one of the Regimental nurses."; NEVINS I pg 156: "Though designed as a narrative history, the text is nothing more than a long tribute by one who was not with the regiment." FOX Fighting Regiments pg 290: "After some hard service in the trenches before Yorktown, and some skirmishing at Williamsburg then in Kearny's Division, it faced the enemy at Fair Oaks, in one of the deadliest struggles of the war, winning praise from generals and historians alike.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. (Inscribed by Author) (105th Pennsylvania Regimental History)
• Publisher: New-World Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1877
• Publication Date: 1877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Unit Histories
  • Military
  • Military History