[Rarebooks] fs: 85th Pennsylvania in the Civil War

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 7763 )  Dickey, Luther S[amuel]. HISTORY OF THE EIGHTY-FIFTH REGIMENT 
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 1861-1865, COMPRISING AN AUTHENTIC 
NARRATIVE OF CASEY'S DIVISION AT THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES.
New York: (J. C. & W. E. Powers), 1915. First printing, Full cloth, Quarto, 
xiv, 467 pages, black & white plates, maps. Fine.
      Covers the unit's participation at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, the 
Seven Days' Battles, Folly Island, Hilton Head Island, Bermuda Hundred, the 
Siege of Petersburg, and more. Contains many passages from soldiers' 
personal accounts as well as official reports. Fully one quarter of the book 
deals with Seven Pines. This copy "Compliments of Estate of Norman B. Ream," 
per a printed slip tipped in at front hinge. First Lt. Ream was the youngest 
commissioned officer in the unit and there is a biographical sketch and an 
engraved portrait of him in the book. Unit roster with service information 
at rear. Ref: DORNBUSCH, Vol. I, Part IV, #235; NEVINS, CWB Vol. I, p. 81. 
Bound in original dark green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and 
upper board titles, blind-stamped border rule to both boards. A few minor 
extremity bumps to boards, otherwise no significant wear.    $200.00
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