Essays in modern military biography / by Charles Cornwallis Chesney
1874, 1st edition. London : Longmans, Green, and Co. Good library copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some foxing to spine cover. Scattered foxing internally. Remains well-preserved overall. Bookplates and/or library marks in prelims/title page, but the rest of text remains clear. Item #445790
Physical description; viii, [2], 414, [2], 24 p. ; 23 cm. Contents; De Fezensac's recollections of the Grand Army - Henry von Brandt, a German soldier of the First Empire - Cornwallis and the Indian services - A Carolina loyalist in the Revolutionary War - Sir William Gordon of Gordon's battery - Chinese Gordon and the Taiping Rebellion - The military life of General Grant - Admirals Farragut and Porter and the navy of the Union - A northern raider in the Civil War - A memoir of General Lee.Subjects; Military biography. MILITARY. Grand Army.
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