1863 1st Black Regiment Civil War Memoir South Carolina Slavery Confederate RARE
'The Young Quartermaster' is a rare, Civil War memoir by Luther Bingham, who reminisces the loss of his son. Bingham was a white officer in the Union Army, serving the First South Carolina volunteers, the first black regiment in the Army.
Item number: #13120
Price: $750
BINGHAM, Luther Goodyear
The young quartermaster The life and death of Lieut. L.M. Bingham, of the First South Carolina volunteers.
New York: Board of publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church, 1863. First edition.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o 216
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References: Sabin 5457
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Provenance:
o Handwritten – Wm. Hawkins
Pvt. William L. Hawkins was a Union soldier who served with the 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Battery "I" in the American Civil War.
Battery "I", 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery from Illinois that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The battery was organized in February 1862 at Chicago and within two months it fought at Shiloh. Later, the battery served at Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, Franklin, and Nashville. The battery mustered out of Federal service in July 1865.
o Handwritten – Frederick Shearen
Cpl. Frederick Shearen was a Union soldier who served with the 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, H Company in the American Civil War.
The 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment primarily served in the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater and was heavily engaged in the first day of fighting at Gettysburg.
o Handwritten – Frank Stowell
Pvt. Frank Stowell was a Union soldier who served with 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, K Company in the American Civil War.
The 7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It spent most of the war as a member of the famous Iron Brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
o Handwritten – Henry Brown
o Handwritten – Annie Fields
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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