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Softcover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Small octavo, 48pp. In good condition in the publisher's printed wraps. Wraps heavily reinforced with clear tape, and with a large inartful paper repair to the front wrap. Contents clean and sound. A rare little book, which consists of a lively recollection of the author's experience at the Battle of Stones River (often called "Stone River" in 19th century accounts), which was fought for three days between New Year's Eve 1862 and Jan. 2, 1863, in Murfreesboro, TN. Though the hard-fought battle was not decisive, it ended in a Confederate retreat. The author produced this book partly as a prospectus for a proposed collection of reminiscences by other soldiers in the 19th Ohio regiment, but a scouring of OCLC records an the relevant Civil War bibliographies indicate that such a book was never produced. At several points in the narrative, the author stops to implore the reader to track down other members of the regiment, sometimes by name, who he thinks could contribute to or improve upon the details of his narrative. Ryan writes favorably of this account, and Dornbusch indicates that it is the earliest of only three published narratives specifically written by or about a member of the 19th Ohio, each of which is rather narrow in scope. Rare; untraced in commerce, and retained by just four institutions per OCLC: the Huntington, the LOC, Northwestern, and the Army War College. Ryan 209; Dornbusch I Ohio 159; Not in Nevins or Broadfoot.…