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WHAT I SAW AT BULL RUN: AN ADDRESS BY EDWIN S. BARRETT, DELIVERED IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, MASS., JULY 21ST, 1886, ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN, AT THE RE-UNION OF THE VETERANS OF CO. G (CONCORD ARTILLERY), FIFTH REGIMENT, M.V.M. CAPT. GEORGE L. PRESCOTT
by Barrett. Edwin S
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Mass: Beacon Press, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Small brown octavo, gilt lettering to front board, ruled in blind. Wear to cloth spine -- possible rebacking at some point. Front hinge started, but solidly bound still. One of the preliminary pages shows scraps of newspaper articles, perhaps glued in after publishing, then removed, leaving remnants. Frontis portrait of George Lincoln Prescott, Colonel 32d Massachusetts Regiment, and Brevet Brigadier General, who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, and just about one year later, mortally wounded in front of Petersburg, on June 18, 1864. 34 pp.of text and 14 pp. listing Staff Officers Fifth Regiment M.V.M. (Three Months). Edwin Shephard Barrett (1833-1898) was present at the battle as a non-combatant. Edwin Shephard Barrett (1833-1898) was preent at the battle as a non-combatant.
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75176
- Title
- WHAT I SAW AT BULL RUN: AN ADDRESS BY EDWIN S. BARRETT, DELIVERED IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, MASS., JULY 21ST, 1886, ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN, AT THE RE-UNION OF THE VETERANS OF CO. G (CONCORD ARTILLERY), FIFTH REGIMENT, M.V.M. CAPT. GEORGE L. PRESCOTT
- Author
- Barrett. Edwin S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Military, War Between The States, United States History
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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