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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxiii, 555 pgs, 48 illustrations. Decorative green cloth with gilt decoration and titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Original cloth rubbed, dulled and soiled. Corners rubbed, upper spine cloth creased and rubbed, spine ends rubbed. Gilt is present but dulled on spine, with cover gilt brighter. Inked and dated presentation from Charles J. Buchanan (see pages 454-55, 531) of Albany to Frederic B. Stevens, Dec. 28, 1901. Blank preliminary page and reverse of frontis with old clear tape repair. Small tear on fore-edge of frontis, else pages are clean. Sturdy, but hinge weak towards rear of the book. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: One of the famous Union Regiments, the U.S. Sharpshooters consisted of individual companies from the various states, organized by Hiram Berdan, a noted marksman of the day. Armed with Sharps breechloaders, the two regiments distinguished themselves in combat while serving with the Army of the Potomac. Dressed in green cloth and leather leggings, they claimed participation in sixty-five actions and battles, especially distinguishing themselves at South Mountain, Chancellorsville and at Gettysburg. In his book Regimental Losses in the Civil War, Colonel Fox states this about the Sharpshooters, "They were of a high grade in physical qualifications and intelligence. They were continually in demand as skirmishers on account of their wonderful proficiency as such, and they undoubtedly killed more men than any other regiment in the army. In skirmishing they had no equal". The presentation is from Charles J. Buchanan, whose soldering story, with portrait, is told on pgs 454-455, and separate biography appears on pg. 531 of the book. Buchanan enlisted as a volunteer in the 1st Regiment of U. S. (Berdan's) Sharpshooters and in which he served with distinguished gallantry for three years, rising to the rank of first lieutenant and acting adjutant. At the close of the war in 1865 he accepted an appointment as clerk in the Quartermaster-General's office at Washington and for a time was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn. After about a year he resigned this position to complete his academic studies, which his enlistment had interrupted. In 1867 General Hancock offered him a lieutenancy in the regular army, which he declined, and this same year he was appointed by President Johnson a cadet to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, where he made valuable use of his time. In October, 1870, he resigned his cadetship to study law. He becomes one of the most respected attorneys in Albany, NY having a long and distinguished career. On July 3, 1889, Buchanan delivered the oration at Gettysburg on the dedication of the monument to the 1st Regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters, which is appended to this book on pgs 543-546. Very good copy of a quite scarce publication; here with a nice unit association. REFERENCE: DORNBUSCH II #1817; EICHER #1092: "This lengthly unit history is seen partly through the...
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