FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTH - 1881 FIRST EDITION - CIVIL WAR

Description: FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTH CAMPAIGNS OF THE CIVIL WAR BY M. F. FORCE Late Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General, U.S.V., Commanding First Division, Seventeenth Corps; Medal of Honor Recipient FIRST EDITION FINE CONDITION Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Contains Eight Battle Maps; Official Reports and Records; Fully Indexed PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, NEW YORK, IN 1881 This extraordinary, First Edition, Civil War Memoir, by Major General Manning Ferguson Force, presents an excellent history and personal account of the some of the most pivotal battles of the Civil War including Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, New Madrid, Island Number Ten, Shiloh, and Corinth. General Force was a lawyer, judge and soldier from Ohio, graduating from Harvard. With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Force joined the Union forces as major of the 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving in the Western Theater as part of General James B. McPherson’s 17th Corps. Colonel Force’s 20th Ohio bore the brunt of the Battle of Raymond, Mississippi, and in the Vicksburg Campaign. Following the Siege of Vicksburg, Force marched on to northern Georgia, where he fought in the Atlanta Campaign. He was severely wounded in the face during ht Battle of Atlanta and was disfigured for life. For his valor during the Atlanta Campaign, he was promoted to Major General of Volunteers in March 1865. In 1892, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action. After the war, he returned to Cincinnati, where he became a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. THIS BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION This original, First Edition, antique book is in excellent condition. Handsomely bound in navy blue, textured, covers, with bright gold lettering and impressed decorative design work of military weapons, the book is clean and has solid binding throughout. The exterior is clean with no bumping, rubbing or discernible edge wear. The gold lettering remains bright. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book. The book is free of any other writing, smudging, foxing, pasteboards, stamps or other markings. It is not an ex-library book. The book contains 8 battle maps. The binding is solid throughout the book. It has no looseness or lean and both hinges and all binding are solid. 204 pages plus 4 pages of publisher advertisements. An original, First Edition account of the battles from Fort Henry to Corinth during the Civil War by a General officer that fought in the war. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter

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