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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 47 pgs. Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society, Series 2, #2. Original printed wrappers with yapped edges. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor edge wear, yapped edges with minor tears and wear. Interior is clean and tight; largely uncut. Overall near fine. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author, at the age of 17, enlisted in the 5th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. Selected for the Burnside Expedition, the 5th Rhode Island s brigade consisted of the Fourth Rhode Island and the Eighth and Eleventh Connecticut regiments. Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside s Expedition was a series of amphibious engagements fought along the North Carolina Coast between February and June 1862. The expedition aimed at closing blockade-running ports inside the Outer Banks. …