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 […]
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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6173
Category
Military & War
Authors
Egbert L Viele
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Good
Collation
Complete