From Bull Run to Chancellorsville
Newton Martin Curtis. From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: The Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry together with Personal Reminiscences. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906. First edition.
Small quarto. 384pp (indexed). Illustrated. Publisher’s blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front board decorated in red, top edge gilt.
"A standard, authoritative source by an officer who later served three terms in the Congress." Curtis made much use of official and public documents." See Dornbush, I, p. NY, #245. Nevins I, p. 77. Curtis fought at First Bull Run, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Fort Fisher where he won the Medal of Honor having been wounded four times and lost his left eye.
Rubbed and edgeworn, with minor loss to corners and spine ends, front hinge slightly overopened, light toning, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper. Very good. TKC-853. Item #853Price: $150.00