Dawes Rufus Brevet Brigader General (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, vi, 330 pgs, portraits, photo illustrations, includes the "Extra Illustrations". Decorated blue cloth with gilt flag on cover with titled spine; top edge gilt. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Cloth covers lightly rubbed, small amount of wear on edges and lower spine end, page edges soiled. Interior has black marker mark on front blank preliminary page, else is clean and tight. Without Col. E.C.Dawes portrait on pg 286 with no evidence of its removal (likely a binding error); else plates and illustrations collated complete. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Very good copy of a great and quite scarce narrative on the famous 6th Wisconsin; it being part of the famous Iron Brigade and is identified as one of the Fox 300 Fighting Regiments. REFERENCES: Dornbusch WI #64; Nevins I, 79: "The best narrative by a soldier from the Midwest, based on the author's letters and diary, the work is a standard source for the Eastern battles and the Iron Brigade." FOX 300 pg 396.