Military Journal of the American Revolution: from the Commencement to the Disbanding of the American army : comprising a detailed Account of the Principal Events and Battles of the Revolution with their exact dates, and a biographical sketch of the most prominent Generals.
by Thacher, James
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Hartford (Conn.): Hurlbut, Williams & Company, 1862. Very thick 8vo, xiv, [7]-618 [i.e. 538] pp., 37 unnumbered leaves of plates. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt, marbled edges, some foxing and browning. Generally a tight solid copy with the usual browning. Early ink signature at front. § Best edition according to Howes (T-149). The author was a surgeon in the American Army. "The narrations in this 'Journal' are invested, with peculiar interest, from the fact that its author himself mingled in the varied scenes of the Revolution, observed the different phases of military life; was personally acquainted with the characters he presents; and therefore gives us the truthful results of his own observation, greatly heightened in beauty and interest, by the attractive style which he employs, and the ease and grace with which he presents them." --Preface
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- Military Journal of the American Revolution: from the Commencement to the Disbanding of the American army : comprising a detailed Account of the Principal Events and Battles of the Revolution with their exact dates, and a biographical sketch of the most prominent Generals.
- Author
- Thacher, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hurlbut
- Place of Publication
- Hartford (Conn.)
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