Day 2: Civil War & Militaria

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[CIVIL WAR] "History of the 8th Cavalry Regiment"

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Abner Hard. History of the Eighth Cavalry Regiment Illinois Volunteers. Aurora, Illinois: N.p., 1868.

8vo. Frontispiece portrait of General John F. Farnsworth. Recased, original board cloth laid down.

FIRST EDITION regimental history of the 8th Illinois Cavalry, called "Farnsworth's Abolitionist Regiment" by President Lincoln. The only Illinois cavalry regiment to serve the entirety of the war in the Army of the Potomac, they saw several major battles, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. At the latter, Lt. Marcellus E. Jones fired what is considered the first shot of the battle when he fired at an unidentified Confederate.

After President Lincoln's assassination, the regiment aided in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and served in Lincoln's honor guard while he lay in state in the rotunda.

A scarce regimental history of an important regiment.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets] [Books, Bibles, Soldier's Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets] [Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee]

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[CIVIL WAR] "History of the 8th Cavalry Regiment"

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