One Flag, One Country and Thirteen Greenbacks a Month. Letters from a Civil War Private to His Colonel.

Hunter, Edna J. Shank

ISBN 10: 0896260690 / ISBN 13: 9780896260696

Published by Hunter Publications, San Diego, 1980

About this Item

255pp, references, pictorial end papers, monochrome ills, maps, and facsimiles. Or brown faux-leather with gilt title and vignette. Signed by author on limitation page, also inscribed by author on front free end paper. #730 of 1000. Printed in sepia on cream paper. Prologue outlines life of private Shank, thereafter the book deals with his experiences in the civil war and his letters. Letters commence August 31, 1862 and conclude August 26, 1864. He was killed Sept 7, 1864. Private Shank belonged to the 125th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and a roll of the regiment is included. Includes letters from Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Murfreesboro, Kenesaw, Perryville, Nashville and more. Valuable insight into the life of a enlisted man in the civil war. Size: 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Flag, One Country and Thirteen Greenbacks a Month. Letters from a Civil War Private to His Colonel.
• Publisher: Hunter Publications, San Diego
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896260690
• ISBN 13: 9780896260696
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Limited/Numbered.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana & Canadiana
  • Militaria

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Synopsis

The 125th Illinois Infantry was organized at Danville, Illinois and mustered in for three years service on September 3, 1862 under the command of Colonel Oscar Fitzalan Harmon. The regiment was attached to 36th Brigade, 11th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October 1862. 36th Brigade, 11th Division, III Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Centre, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XIV Corps, to June 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade. 2nd Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, to June 1865. The 125th Illinois Infantry mustered out of service on June 9, 1865.