1864 Civil War 1ed Life w/ 49th Massachusetts Volunteers Illustrated Portraits

1864 Civil War 1^ed Life w/ 49th Massachusetts Volunteers Illustrated Portraits

“Have I the right to take a human life? To be slain seems not half so fearful as to slay.”

– Henry T. Johns

Henry T. Johns was a Union Soldier in the American Civil War who received the U.S. Army’s highest decoration: the Medal of Honor. He joined the 49th Massachusetts Infantry from Hinsdale, Massachusetts in September 1862, and mustered out with this regiment one year later. He was commissioned as an officer of the 61st Massachusetts Infantry in September 1864 and mustered out with this regiment in June 1865.

A first edition account of “Life with the Forty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers” featuring woodcut engraved illustrations throughout the text.

Item number: #15664

Price: $499

JOHNS, Henry

Life with the Forty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers

Pittsfield, Mass. : Published for the author, 1864. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 391, [1]
  • 14 woodcuts by S.J. Pinkney including
    • A. Francis
    • Captain I. C. Weller
    • W. Reed
    • J.E. Judd
    • Captain Byron Weston
    • S.B. Gleason
    • R.C. Taft
    • Col. S.B. Sumner
    • Major C.T. Plunkett
    • Battlefield of Port Hudson
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Cloth
  • Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 13.5cm)

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