A BROKEN REGIMENT: The 16th Connecticut's Civil War By Lesley J. Gordon Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (2014). First edition, first printing. "First printing" statement to the copyright page. Inscribed "To...with best wishes", SIGNED at"Andersonville" and dated "9-19-15" by the author and highly acclaimed professor of military history, to the title page. Gordon, whose specialty is the Civil War, draws on years of traveling research for this detailed, unique regimental history with analysis, that not only includes descriptions of military encounters, but highlights soldiers' motivations for fighting, attitudes toward political ideas, perceptions of group identity, and more. Fine, crisp and tight in golden-tan linen with metallic-red-brown embossed titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket. Octavo; 380 pages; Cast of Main Characters; notes; bibliography; index. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT SIGNED FIRST EDITION HISTORIES THANKS! |