Commandant Cadets (2 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good binding. Side-stapled in printed wrappers; the first couple of pages are silverfished on the front edge with some loss; there is a quarter-sized loss to the front cover; bit of soiling to the covers; general shelfwear particularly at the spine; this is pretty nice condition considering how delicate it is; Good binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Octavo. [1], xxvi, 27-743 pages, [1] page blank, [24] pages advertisements, [1]. Illustrated with 176 numbered figures some folding; plates, tables, 13 forms many folding, and music. Brown diamond cloth hardcover with faded gilt illustration on the front board. Cloth spine missing. Light edge wear to the boards. Contents are shaken with cracks and some stitching visible in the gutters. The front cover and first 12 preliminary pages near detached. Back cover secure. Brown staining (ink, oil?) to the gutters of the first 25 pages. Light scattered foxing and toning to the contents. Fair only. On the front paste down is a clipped Georgia Executive Department printed instruction that reads - "Executive Department, Adjutant General's Office, Feb'y 1, 1861. Gilham's Manual for Volunteers and Militia having been approved by the Commander-In-Chief, he orders that it be issued to the Volunteers and Militia of the State of Georgia for their government, and that it be strictly adhered to. Nothing contrary to the tenor of this Manual will be enjoined, or permitted, in any part of the forces of the State of Georgia by any commander, be his rank what it may. [printed name] Henry C. Wayne, Adjutant Gen'l." On the right front flyleaf is an inscription by a Confederate officer - "Lt W L Davis Co. B 6th Rigt (Regt) G M (Georgia Militia) Rocky Plains Newton Co. Ga." Above the soldiers inscription, written in old ink, is "567 Dist Co. G. M." Ancestry dot com record for the name Lt. W. L. Davis, Rocky Plains, Newton County, Georgia indicates Capt. Davis, from Newton County, mustered in the 47th Ga. Regt. on March 8th, 1862. An image from the Georgia Civil War Muster Rolls 1860-1864, page 16 (of 25), lists Capt. Wilson L. Davis name directly under the section - "567 District". From wikipedia: The 6th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was organized at Macon, Georgia, in April 1861. Future governor of Georgia, Alfred H. Colquitt, was elected its first colonel. The regiment fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Antietam and participated in Stonewall Jackson's flank attack at the Battle of Chancellorsville. The unit later saw action at battery Wagner near Charleston, South Carolina, and the battle of Olustee near Ocean Pond, Florida. The remnants and survivors of the regiment surrendered at Greenboro, North Carolina on April 26, 1865, to forces under the command of William T. Sherman. Also from wikipedia: Henry Constantine Wayne (September 18, 1815 March 15, 1883) was a United States Army officer, and is known for his commanding the expedition to test the U.S. Camel Corps as part of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis's plan to use camels as a transport in the West. Wayne was also a Confederate adjutant and inspector-general for Georgia and a brigadier general during the American Civil War.