HISTORY OF THE THREE MONTHS' AND THREE YEARS SERVICE, Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (4th Ohio Infantry Regimental History)

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 287 pgs, plates including maps, portraits, and other illustrations. Unit roster (225)-236 and (237)-287. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt titled spine; marbled edges. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Cover lightly soiled and spotted, rubbing to spine and spine ends; rear board with small chip; minor rubbing to other edges. Interior has contemporary bookbinders paper label on front endpaper, front hinge weak but holding, inked name at top of title-page (W.F. Sauders); else pages are clean. Very nice condition for a book of this vintage. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: "The author was a private in Co. C in this regiment. In twenty-six chapters he has carried four years of eventful and honorable service in a style and manner to make it extremely interesting, not only to his comrades, but to the general reader as well.All through the war this regiment was in hard fighting and did gallant service at every place of duty. It marched one thousand nine hundred and seventy-five miles, and traveled by railroad and transport two thousand two hundred and seventy-nine miles, in all four thousand two hundred and fifty miles. In addition to the historical narrative of the regiment's service, this volume contains memoirs of its distinguished dead and a chronological record showing the action and location each day from April 26, 1861 to June 14, 1865 when it was mustered out. A full and accurate roster completes the volume." (Ryan). REFERENCES: DORN OH 103; NEVINS I pg 117: "This is an exceptionally good source for the trials and tribulations of life in the Army of the Potomac."; RYAN 414; MULLINS/REED 183. N° de ref. del artículo 0124044

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