1861 CIVIL WAR Hand-Book CAPTAIN Kimball PROVENANCE Manual Battles Illustrated
Viele’s “Hand-book for Active Service” was published in 1861 when the outbreak of the civil war created a demand for instructional manuals for military purposes. The book includes topics on:
- The recruit
- The company
- The regiment
- The march
- The camp
- Guards and guard mounting
- Rations, and mode of cooking them
- Field fortifications
- Artillery
- Manual for light artillery
- Manual for heavy artillery
- Ammunition
- And more!
Hess describes this work as “detailed and insightful.”
This 1861 first edition includes 10 unnumbered plates of black and white illustrations and diagrams.
1861 CIVIL WAR Hand-Book CAPTAIN Kimball PROVENANCE Manual Battles Illustrated
Viele’s “Hand-book for Active Service” was published in 1861 when the outbreak of the civil war created a demand for instructional manuals for military purposes. The book includes topics on:
- The recruit
- The company
- The regiment
- The march
- The camp
- Guards and guard mounting
- Rations, and mode of cooking them
- Field fortifications
- Artillery
- Manual for light artillery
- Manual for heavy artillery
- Ammunition
- And more!
Hess describes this work as “detailed and insightful.”
This 1861 first edition includes 10 unnumbered plates of black and white illustrations and diagrams.
Item number: #8446
Price: $499
VIELE, Egbert L
Hand-book for active service: containing practical instructions in campaign duties, for the use of volunteers
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861. 1st edition
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- [7], 8-252
- 10 plates
- References: Earl J. Hess, Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns;
- Provenance: Handwritten
- J.W. Kimball, Co. B., 15th Regt.
- Kimball Served in the Union army as captain of Company B, 15th Regiment, Mass. during the U.S. Civil War.
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
- Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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8446
Category
Military & War
Authors
VIELE, Egbert L
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete