HISTORY OF THE CORN EXCHANGE REGIMENT 118TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS FROM THEIR FIRST ENGAGEMENT AT ANTIETAM TO APPOMATTOX TO WHICH IS ADDED A RECORD OF ITS ORRGANIZATION AND A COMPLETE ROSTER FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, PORTRAITS, AND OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS
Philadelphia, PA: J.L. Smith, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 8 in. x 5 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in. Navy blue cloth, beveled edges, gilt lettering to front board and spine, with gilt design of the musket, powder keg and bedroll insignia of the 118th Pennvylvania Volunteers, and another graphic of a shucked ear of corn. Rubbing and fading to extremties, and still very solidly bound. Very interesting and seldom seen decorative endpapers -- a field of striated dark brown with an intricate network of dark brown veining throughout, with a pattern of falling snow covering all. Front hinge stared in several places and a three -inch seam tear to front free endpaper and following page, but again, no apparent loss to structural integrity. Previous owner's name to verso of front endpaper -- John H. Dagen.
Frontis portrait of Col. Charles M. Prevost, Brevet Brigadier General, and other portraits, diagrams, photographs and maps.
Foldout map of the Region between Gettysburg and Appomattox Court House Showing the Battle Fields and Illustrating the Marches of the 118th Reg't Penn'a Vol's. Prepared for this work from the United States Government Map based on Surveys made by Brevet Brigadier General N. Michler, Major of Engineers and others.
A massive (746 pp.) close study not only of the 39 engagements of the 118th Pennsylvania (which included Antietam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Aldie, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, Brandy Station, Bristow Station, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill, Po River, Todd's Tavern, Jericho's Mill, Peach Orchard, North Anna, Harris' Farm, Tolopotomy Creek, Magnolia Swamp, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Norfolk Railroad, Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Peeble's Farm, (*including Storming of Fort McRae), Pegram's Farm, Chapel House, Hatcher's Run, Raid on Weldon R.R., Dabney's Mills, Lewis's Farm, Boydton Plank Road, Gravelly Run, Five Forks, and Appomattox), BUT a thorough roster of soldiers of the 118th. Also a chapter on Southern Prisons. Good. Item #100179
Price: $125.00