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SUBTITLED: From the date of organization to the end of the rebellion ; With a complete roster of each company, from date of muster ; Battles and Skirmishes participated in, Lists of the Killed, Wounded and Missing, and Other Incidents of the Camp and Field. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 272 pgs, portrait plates; Unit roster 130-211. Original decorative chocolate-brown cloth with gilt design and gilt titled cover and spine, beveled boards. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing and wear to edges; spine ends worn; gilt bright and clean. The striking portrait plates are clean and well protected with tissue guards. Interior pages are age-toned, some light foxing on title page; else interior is clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 126th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Steubenville and mustered in for three years service on September 4, 1862, under the command of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Smith. The regiment was attached to Railroad Division, Western Virginia and later to the VIII Corps, Army of the Potomac. While on rail guard duty in Western Virginia near Martinsburg, the regiment was occupied in scouting and expeditions into the enemy's country for the suppression of guerrillas. During its service, the 126th Ohio had engagements at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Monocracy, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, and the Appomattox Campaign. This a very scare history and is seldom offered for sale; here In very good condition. REFERENCES: DORN OH 426; Not in NEVINS ; Ryan 279: The author in the preparation of this work has had free recourse to a number of diaries kept by members of his regiment throughout its term of service. The result is an entertaining and faithful record of its heroes, its marches, its battles, and its service at the front.This history gives the record of the regiment by years, and in chronological form narrates the incidents of service and the military life of the organization. It also contains (pp. 130-211) a complete roster of the field and staff. The appendix contains an original poem by the chaplain of the regiment, Rev. J. K. Andrews, and biographical sketches of its officers killed in battle." FOX 300 pg 334. N° de ref. del artículo 0124058
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