Nash Captain Eugene Arus (4 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Illus. ; n.p. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Handsome facsimile reprint edition of this detailed history of the Forty-Fourth New York Volunteer Infantry in the American Civil War. Presents highly detailed accounts of the unit's combat action along with a comprehensive listing of unit soldiers. Reprints the original published in 1911 with additional introduction by Gerald W. Pergande. Bound in decorated blue covers with gilt titles. 484 pages, illustrated. Minimal sign of previous use.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Facsimile edition. Silas Felton's blindstamp on ffep, otherwise unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 484pp. Quarter red morocco, red cloth, title in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Light wear to tips of the spine, sunning along top quarter. Front hinge showing wear, but stable. Illustrated with numerous portraits, views, and battle maps. Regimental roster on pp. 353-471, followed by indexes. Bookplate of American historian and author Peter Cozzens on front endpaper. Inscribed on the half title: "Miss Rhoda Thompson / with the compliments of Bradford R. Wood Jr. / Brevet Major, U.S. Vols / Albany, N.Y. April 18th, 1912." (Dornbusch I, NY 318). Bradford R. Wood, Jr. enlisted in the 44th New York in August 1861 and was commissioned first lieutenant before being detached to the U.S. Signal Corps. He later rejoined the regiment and served during the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg campaigns. He was brevetted Major, U.S. Volunteers, in 1865. Wood contributed portions of this regimental history, including accounts of the 44th Battalion at Poplar Spring Church and his service with the regiment in 1864. His portrait appears on page 464. The first edition of A History of the Forty-Fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Captain Eugene Arus Nash. Inscribed by Brevet Major Bradford R. Wood, Jr., veteran of the 44th New York and contributor to this volume. (illustrator). Signed. …