1861 Hand-Book for Active Military Service CIVIL WAR Manual Battles Illustrated

1861 Hand-Book for Active Military Service CIVIL WAR 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: #6173

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.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 252p
  • 10 plates
• References: Earl J. Hess, Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns;
• Language: English
• Binding:
• Size: ~in X in (cm x cm)

 

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