A HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS; With Roster and Statistics (1st Mass Cavalry Regimental History)

Crowninshield, Benjamin W. and D.H.L. Gleason

Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Boston, 1891, 1891

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, x, (3)-490 pgs, index, illustration plates including portraits, maps including folding map in pocket (here in full-size facsimile), appendix. Unit roster (316)-457. Original blue cloth with yellow gilt unit ribbon on front cover; gilt titled spine. Top edge gilt. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled; gilt bright. Interior is clean and with front hinge wear but holding. Large folding map provided in facsimile. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author, Benjamin Crowninshield enlisted as a lieutenant with the First Massachusetts Cavalry on November 11, 1861. He rose through the ranks to major in August 1864. He was aide de camp to General Philip Sheridan remaining with the General until mustered out on November 6, 1864. This well-done history traces the organization from its organization through its service in the eastern theater including engagements at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Cedar Creek, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and the battle of the Crater. REFERENCES: DORN MA 41; NEVINS I pg 76: "A better-than-average study of a cavalry unit whose services were mostly in Virginia.". Seller Inventory # 0624024

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Title: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Company, The Riverside Press, Boston, 1891

Publication Date: 1891

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition