Day 2: The American Civil War

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[CIVIL WAR] 1863 Inscribed "Illinois Officers" Illustrated Book

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James Grant Wilson (1832-1914). Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the Rebellion of 1861. Chicago: James Barnet, 1863.

8vo. Lithographed portraits of officers throughout. Original illustrated pink wrappers. Third Edition.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "Frank Moore Esq / With the author's kind regards / March 8, 186[3?]."

A pleasing wartime publication featuring biographies of Illinois officers complimented by lithographed portraits throughout. Compiled by James Grant Wilson (1832-1914), an accomplished author and bookseller who also served as a major of the 15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, enlisting late in 1862. He would eventually command the 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT).

[Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets] [Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Books, Bibles, Soldiers' Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Memoirs] [USCT, United States Colored Troops, Glory, 54th Massachusetts, Buffalo Soldiers, Black Soldiers]

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Day 2: The American Civil War

[CIVIL WAR] 1863 Inscribed "Illinois Officers" Illustrated Book

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