[Rarebooks] fs: The Complete Cannoneer (Civil War)

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 11209 )  Switlik, M[atthew]. C., George Washington Patten. THE COMPLETE CANNONEER, COMPILED AGREEABLY TO THE REGULATIONS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT AS PUBLISHED IN ARTILLERY DRILL BY GEO. PATTEN, 1861, AND CONTAINING OTHER OBSERVATIONS ON MUZZLE LOADING CANNON BY M. C. SWITLIK
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[Rochester, MI]: [Ray Russell - Books], 1979. Revised and Enlarged Edition, Full cloth, Octavo, viii, 174 pages, black and white drawings. Very Good.
      Detailed information on handling Civil War-era artillery, based on Patten's contemporary artillery manual and supplemented with Switlik's modern observations. Excellent resource for reenactors. The present work reproduces Patten's manual, including the illustrations, in facsimile. Appendices include information on the North-South Skirmish Association. Second edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Bound in red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles. Prior owner name and Confederate flag stamp on front and rear free endpapers, flag stamped in ink on front cover and rear pastedown. Some slight extremity wear. Clean and sound overall, nice copy....... $100.00 
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