[CIVIL WAR - SOLDIERS' NARRATIVES]. A collection of soldiers' narratives and memoirs, comprising:

FAVILL, Josiah Marshall. The Diary of a Young Officer Serving with the Armies of the United States During the War of the Rebellion. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1909. Provenance: Wisconsin Historical Society (library markings). Favill enlisted on 21 September 1861 in New York City as a 2nd lieutenant and was commissioned into Co. E of the 57th New York Infantry on 12 November 1862. He was promoted several times, ultimately to captain on 14 November 1863, and mustered out on 11 August 1864. -- CHETLAIN, Augustus L. (1824-1914). Recollections of Seventy Years. Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, a general and the first man to volunteer in Illinois. -- BILLINGS, John D. (1842-1933). Hardtack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life. Boston, etc.: George M. Smith & Co., 1888. Second edition. Billings enlisted as a private on 16 August 1862 and was mustered into the 10th Massachusetts Light Artillery on 9 September 1862. He was promoted to corporal on 3 November 1864 and mustered out on 9 June 1865 at Galloup's Island, Boston. A member of several GAR posts and served as post commander of Post #94 (Revere) and Department of Massachusetts Commander. -- GOSS, Warren Lee. Recollections of a Private. A Story of the Army of the Potomac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1890. Goss enlisted on 19 November 1861 as a private and was mustered into Co. B of the US Army Engineer Corps on the same day. He was discharged for disability on 15 November 1862 before mustering into Co. H of the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery on 7 December 1863. Listed as a POW on 20 April 1864 in Plymouth, NC, and exchanged on 16 December 1864. Mustered out on 11 September 1865. -- NOTT, Charles C. Sketches of the War: A Series of Letters to the North Moore Street School of New York. New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1865. Second Edition. Sabin 56032. Nott enlisted on 28 August 1861 as a captain and was commissioned into Co. E of the 5th Iowa Cavalry on the same day. After being thrown from a horse, he was discharged for disability on 5 May 1862. He was commissioned in F&S as a lieutenant colonel of the 131st New York Infantry on 28 October 1862, was promoted to colonel and transferred to the 176th New York Infantry. He was listed as a POW at 23 June 1863 at Brashear City, LA, paroled on 22 June 1864, and mustered out on 8 August 1864. -- And 10 others. Together, 15 works in 15 volumes, all FIRST EDITION except as noted, 8vo, publisher's cloth, condition generally good.

Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin