Author: HEITMAN, Francis B.
Title: Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903
Description: Gaithersburg, MD, Olde Soldiers Books, 1988. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. 1069pp, 626pp. Near fine. A wonderfully tight and near pristine set of this facsimile of the uncommon 1903 first edition (Government Printing Office) -- a mammoth compilation that extends far before and far after the Civil War, but which Robert W. Johannsen describes as "One of the most extensive coverages of Civil War officers; contains hundreds of brief biographies, many treating of now-obscure figures." NEVINS II, 62. .

Keywords: Civil War Military History


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