A NARRATIVE OF MILITARY SERVICE by General W. B. Hazen (1885 HC) Civil War

  
A NARRATIVE OF MILITARY SERVICE. By General William Babcock Hazen.

1885, First Edition, Ticknor and Company, Boston, 450 pages. Account by General Hazen of his Civil War days. Graduate of West Point, Class of 1855, he early in the war was appointed Colonel of the 41st Ohio Infantry Regiment and shortly was appointed Brigade commander.

He commanded units in all the major western campaigns culminating in Sherman's March to the Sea where he became a Division Commander. The war ended with him as a Major General commanding XV Corps of the Army of the Tennessee. Later in his Army career, he was appointed Chief Signal Officer of the Army. Enhanced with 35 illustrations including 11 battlefield sketches (2-page foldouts of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, and Mission Ridge sketches). Hard cover book in Good condition, tight and clean with no marks except bookplate inside front cover.

Pages are clean and white with light browning near edges; front and rear end-papers are partially cracked, but cover is solid. Red covers with gilt titles on the spine are clean and bright; heavy wear at spine ends; some spine sun-fading. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "dickhel" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
• Modified Item: No
• Subject: Biography & Autobiography
• Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
• Year Printed: 1885
• Region: North America
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Binding: Hardcover
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Language: English
• Author: William Babcock Hazen
• Publisher: Ticknor and Company
• Signed: No
• Personalized: No