Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1899 First Edition CIVIL War

  
HISTORY OF THE NINTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, FIFTH ARMY CORPS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC JUNE 1861 - JUNE 1864 BY DANIEL GEORGE MACNAMARA First Sergeant, Company E; Commissary Sergeant, N. Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Quartermaster FIRST EDITION FINE - CONDITION PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, MYLAR DUST JACKET Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Comprehensive History of the Unit Complete with Unit Rosters Contains a Complete Roster of the Unit with Biographical Sketches of Each Member of the Unit PUBLISHED BY E. STILLINGS & COMPANY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IN 1899 FOX'S FIGHTING 300 UNIT - ONE OF THE MOST HARD-FOUGHT UNITS OF THE CIVIL WAR DORNBUSCH I, MA-149 When the Civil War erupted, more than 1,000 Irish Americana cast aside their reservations and formed the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the first of that state's ethnic regiments. In the years that followed, after losing hundreds of its members at previously unknown places named Gaines' Mill, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, the regiment had earned its sobriquet, the Fighting Ninth. This book is a history of the regiment, told by Daniel Macnamara, who served as its commissary sergeant and rose to become regimental quartermaster. The book presents not only a comprehensive history of the unit's organization and serives but provides an excllent unit roster and biographical sketches of the Civil War services details of every soldier in the unit. The unit fought in almost every major battle of the Eastern theater of the Civil War. If fought at the Siege of Yorktown, the Battle of Hanover Court House, Battle of Mechanicsville, Gaines's Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run (Manassas), Antietam, Fredericksburg, participated in the Mud March, the balle of Chancellorsville, Gettisburg, the Bristoe Campaign, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, and other battles. THIS BOOK IS IN FINE - CONDITION This scarce, First Edition book is in excellent condition.

It comes in a clear, Mylar dust jacket to help protect it (see photo #2). The book is handsomely bound in blue-colored covers with impressed, decorative highlights on the cover and gold lettering on the spine. The exterior is clean and free of any bumping. It has no discernible edge wear and has very light rubbing. The book has solid binding throughout.

It has no looseness or lean and both hinges are fine. The interior is clean and in fine condition. There is a touch of writing in the book, in pencil, that adds detail to the narrative and information a plus0: it appears to have been added by a member of the unit who knew the soldiers personally to make such comments. There is a gift inscription and a dated stamp (1914) as well as a photograph on the front end page.

I have not evaluated these signature to determine if they were from solider of the unit. The book has no smudging, foxing, stamps, pasteboards or other markings. This is not an ex-library book. The regimental roster is unusually detailed. Organized by unit, it is easy to access and provides a detailed biographical sketch highlight the Civil War service details of each member of the unit. This is an excellent, fine condition, First Edition, antique book on the Civil War service of the 9th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry with detailed and extensive biographical sketches of each member of the unit. HISTORY OF THE NINTH REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, FIFTH ARMY CORPS. JUNE 1861 - JUNE 1864. First Sergeant, Company E; Commissary Sergeant, N. Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Quartermaster. FIRST EDITION FINE - CONDITION PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, MYLAR DUST JACKET. Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Comprehensive History of the Unit Complete with Unit Rosters Contains a Complete Roster of the Unit with Biographical Sketches of Each Member of the Unit. STILLINGS & COMPANY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IN 1899.

FOX'S FIGHTING 300 UNIT - ONE OF THE MOST HARD-FOUGHT UNITS OF THE CIVIL WAR DORNBUSCH I, MA-149. When the Civil War erupted, more than 1,000 Irish Americana cast aside their reservations and formed the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the first of that state's ethnic regiments. THIS BOOK IS IN FINE - CONDITION. This scarce, First Edition book is in excellent condition.

This is an excellent, fine condition, First Edition, antique book on the Civil War service of the 9th Massachuestts Volunteer Infantry with detailed and extensive biographical sketches of each member of the unit. Be sure to add me to your.

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