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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition (Stated). Edited by Stephen S. Raab. Includes dust jacket. 286 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. Tan 1/4 cloth, dark blue paper-covered boards, lettered in dark red. As new/as issued, color illus. dust jacket now in mylar. 1st ptg. xviii,286 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Tan 1/4 cloth, dark blue paper-covered boards, lettered in dark red. Slight rubbing to top corners of the first several text leaves, otherwise as issued. Color illus. dust jacket as issued, now in mylar. 1st ptg. xviii,286 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 286 pp, bright clean, unread book from my personal collection. This book is likely to require extra postage for overseas shipping which can be very high, so before ordering , contact me so that the postage rate can be agreed upon. ID# CB.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. When President Lincoln issued his call in April 1861 for volunteers to suppress the Southern rebellion, more than 2,500 Wisconsin men, eager for adventure quickly enlisted. Twelve companies were needed to fill a regiment, and a full 36 companies actually tendered their services. The Neenah Guards, a local militia unit that had fallen into inactivity, was resurrected and assigned to the 3rd Wisconsin Regiment as Company G. One of its members was the 20-year-old Van Rensselaer Willard. Willard served continuously until July 1, 1864. In those three years, he served as a nurse in a Frederick hospital; marched up and down the Shenandoah Valley with the Army of the Potomac; was wounded in the cornfield at Antietam; returned to his unit just in time to take part in the battle of Chancellorsville; helped quell the draft riots in New York City almost immediately after heavy fighting at Gettysburg; and was present for Sherman's Georgia campaign. He was again wounded in Dallas, Georgia, in May 1864 -- just months before his muster out. In all, Willard participated in 17 major battles. But Willard not only saw action during the major campaigns of the Civil War, he also had the presence of mind to record his observations in great detail. Willard's journals, meticulously edited by Steven S. Raab, are an important exception to the typical soldier's diary. Written primarily in narrative form, Willard's work consists of five separate "books," each written at a different time and place during the war, and each with its own distinct personality. The books trace his progression from novice to veteran and show how exposure to the harsh realities of war brought out in him the historian, philosopher, theologian, and just plain storyteller. His vivid descriptions of war -- the terror of the cornfield at Antietam, the cries of the wounded and dying in a Frederick hospital, the carnage on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg -- truly bring to life the infantryman's experience. More important than his battlefield narratives, however, are his ruminations during the quiet moments, when he reveals the inner life of the 19th-century soldier with all its complexities.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. xvii, 286 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Foreword by William C. Davis. Willard was a member of Co. G at the age of twenty. He served continuously until July 1, 1864. In those three years, he served as a nurse in a Frederick hospital; marched up and down the Shenandoah Valley; was wounded in the cornfield at Antietam; returned to his unit just in time to take part in Chancellorsville; helped quell draft riots in New York City; and was present for Sherman's Georgia campaign. He was again wounded in Dallas, Georgia, in May 1864 just months before he was mustered out. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated].