Episodes of the Civil War: Nine Campaigns in Nine States History of 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry ~ George W. Herr

Title: Episodes of the Civil War: Nine Campaigns in Nine States [...] in which is comprised The History of the Fifty-Ninth Regiment Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry--Together with Special Mention of the Various Regiments With Which It was Brigaded from 1861 to 1865

Author: Corporal Geo. W. Herr [Late Company C, 59th Ill.]

Description: First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt. Some moderate wear and soiling to covers. Floral endpapers, inner hinges good. Interior is clean and unmarked. Four illustrated plates, including frontispiece, and 11 in-text portraits. pp. xiv, 461, xxx. 10 x 7 inches.

A scarce copy of this history and chronicle of the 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, covering action in the following nine campaigns
1) Fremont in Missouri,
2) Curtis in Missouri and Arkansas,
3) Halleck's Siege of Corinth,
4) Buell in Kentucky,
5) Rosecrans in Kentucky and Tennessee,
6) Grant at the Battle of Chattanooga,
7) Sherman from Chattanooga to Atlanta,
8) Thomas in Tennessee and North Carolina, and
9) Stanley in Texas.

Covers engagement in the following battles: Pea Ridge, Perryville, Stone's River, Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Franklin, Nashville, and the Siege of Atlanta. Includes a regimental roster, as well as an addendum, including articles on the 37th Illinois Infantry, the 5th Wisconsin Battery, the Mississippi Ram Fleet, and Negro Soldiers in the Army of the Cumberland, and 27 pages of biographies.

The author, George Washington Herr (1844-1930), was a native of Pennsylvania who had moved to Illinois with his family as a young child. He mustered out of Company C, 59th Illinois Infantry, on December 8, 1865, after serving four years and four months with the company. He then moved to Sacramento in 1870, where he lived out the rest of his days. He was also past commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of California and Nevada.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Bancroft Company, Publishers
Place: San Francisco
Year: 1890

Keywords: George W. Herr, 59th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, 59th Illinois Infantry, Civil War, Battle of Pea Ridge, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stone's River, Battle of Lookout Mountain, Battle of Resaca, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta, Battle of Jonesboro, Battle of Franklin, Battle of Nashville, Atlanta Campaign,