37th Virginia Infantry (The Virginia Regimental Histories Series) Tapa dura - 1987

H E Howard. very nice copy; signed by author; limited edition . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1987.

EB: H E Howard. Very Good. 1987. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. H. E. Howard, Lynchburg VA, 1987. 150 pages. #460 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed by Thomas Rankin on the limitation page. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in grey cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text has some light highlighting present. Binding tight and solid. Approximately the first half of the book is narrative history of the units and movements of the regiment during the course of the conflict. The second half is the stuff of which dreams are made (at least for a historian or a novelist) : muster rolls, casualty figures, desertion figures, deaths from disease, photographs, entries about each individual, and an extensive bibliography. The 37th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the… Leer más

Lynchburg VA: H. E. Howard, 1987. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 150 pages. This is copy #185/1000 signed by the author. part of The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. hardcover with dustjacket. "The 37th Virginia Infantry was made up of men from the extreme southwest Virginia counties of Washington, Russell, Scott and Lee. Although the populace strongly opposed secession at first, the men responded enthusiastically to the governor's call to arms amid events that followed the bombardment of Fort Sumter. ...the 37th Virginia's regiment service comprised a litany of famous campaigns and battles: Jackson's Valley campaign, the Seven Days Battles around Richmond, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Payne's Farm and Spotsylvania Court House." previous owner's name on first page, dj shows light smudges around spine area (dj now in mylar protector). ; Limited Edition; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 "; Signed by Author.