LIFE WITH THE FORTY-NINTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS
1864 · Pittsfield, Ma
by Johns, Henry T
Pittsfield, Ma, 1864. 391pp. plus frontispiece and plates. Original publisher's cloth, gilt and blind stamped.Spine sunned, some tanning. Very good. First edition of a scarce regimental history of this Civil War unit from Massachusetts. Well-written, with great detail on the regiment's service in the South. "Because of Johns' descriptive powers, it is unfortunate that his military service was confined solely to the Louisiana theater" - Nevins. NEVINS I, p.113. DORNBUSCH (New England) 357 (Inventory #: WRCAM53832)