Military Images Magazine: Volume V Number 1, July-August 1983

Whitehall, PA: Harry Roach, 1983. Preserving the visual history of the American fighting man, 1839-1939; Textblock is very clean and tight; Light sunning down the spine; address label on back cover; otherwise in very good condition. 32p.; Cover Photo: Previously unpublished image of James Longstreet as a brigadier general - a carte-de-visite copy of an ambrotype; Other articles include: The Fight for Devil's Den: 124th New York vs. 1st Texas Infantry, by Robert A. Braun; The Death of "French Mary": the final installment of the Marie Tepe soap opera, by Marie Varrelman Melchiori; The Hanging of William Johnson, an excerpt by William Frassanito; Quentin Roosevelt's Last Flight: a vignette from the First World War, by Charles Worman; Uniforms: M1872 Foot Artillery Shako: a rarely-photographed item of military headgear, by Robert Borrell, Sr.; The Siege of Vicksburg: An eyewitness account, edited by Dorothy Murphy; Weapons: Billinghurst-Requa Gun: a rare photo of the first machine gun used in combat, by Ken Baumann. . Stapled Wraps. Very Good+. Illus. by Black and White Photos. 4to over 9¾" 12" Tall. Historical Periodical.