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Camp Court and Siege, A Narrative of Personal Adventure And Observation During The Two Wars, 1861-1865 and 1870-1871
by Hoffman, Wickham
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1877. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 285pp., (2)pp. publisher's ads. The author writes of his time in the Civil war and the Franco-Prussian War. In 1862, he was first stationed at Hatteras during the Civil war, a horrible and wicked place. Soon he would board ship along with 3000 other men, two days out and a man had fallen ill to small pox. He describes in detail nearly every move that was made by he, the officers and troops during this war. He was appointed Assistant Secretary of Legation to Paris when the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870. He continues to write details of this war. A near fine copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettered ing gilt, dark brown coated endpapers. No names or bookplates. Internally fresh and very well written with much detail.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022206
- Title
- Camp Court and Siege, A Narrative of Personal Adventure And Observation During The Two Wars, 1861-1865 and 1870-1871
- Author
- Hoffman, Wickham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1877
- Keywords
- Civil War Cw First Edition Union Prisoners Yellow Fever Alxandria Revolution
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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