CAMP-FIRE CHATS OF THE CIVIL WAR;: Being the Incident, Adventure and Wayside Exploit of the Bivouac and Battle Field, as Related by Members of the Grand Army of the Republic
by DAVIS, Washington
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About This Item
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1889. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo; xiii, 420 pages, pictorial purple cloth, floral endpapers, hinges started.
Also, A [fifty-page] History of the Grand Army of the Republic from its beginning to the present date, and other valuable information.
"Only one claim is made: the stories are fresh and heretofore unpublished ... It was realized that much wholesome romance, together with many details in the history of the Civil War, remained treasured only in the memories of the veterans, or at least had not found their way into print." - Preface. Chapter III was written by Geneva, Illinois resident, Moses Huntley, of the 52d Illinois Infantry. In it he describes the curious custom practiced by soldiers called "spooning". The woodcut illustrations, include one of Andersonville at page 107, which Sgt. Felix LaBaume sketched, and claims is the only correct sketch of the prison, stockade and hospital. [ Nevins II:10 calls this "Highly romanticized yarns and legends presented in an old-boiling style; the whole must be handled with care."].
Also, A [fifty-page] History of the Grand Army of the Republic from its beginning to the present date, and other valuable information.
"Only one claim is made: the stories are fresh and heretofore unpublished ... It was realized that much wholesome romance, together with many details in the history of the Civil War, remained treasured only in the memories of the veterans, or at least had not found their way into print." - Preface. Chapter III was written by Geneva, Illinois resident, Moses Huntley, of the 52d Illinois Infantry. In it he describes the curious custom practiced by soldiers called "spooning". The woodcut illustrations, include one of Andersonville at page 107, which Sgt. Felix LaBaume sketched, and claims is the only correct sketch of the prison, stockade and hospital. [ Nevins II:10 calls this "Highly romanticized yarns and legends presented in an old-boiling style; the whole must be handled with care."].
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230285
- Title
- CAMP-FIRE CHATS OF THE CIVIL WAR;
- Author
- DAVIS, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Enlarged Edition
- Publisher
- Lewis Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- andersonville prison civil war grand army of the republic, sgt. felix LaBaume, Mose Huntley,
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About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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