Description
First edition of Service With The Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers by Rufus R. Dawes.
Octavo, v, [2], 6-330pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Illustrated flag stamped in gilt on front cover. Top edge gilt. No additional printings listed. Solid text blocks, lightly bumped corners, a near fine example. Lacking one portrait opposite page 286. Otherwise complete with four full-page illustrations, 17 full-page portraits, and a frontispiece portrait. Lacking the Colonel Dawes portrait, a publication error. (Howes D-148) (Nevins I pp. 79) (Dornbusch I, Wisconsin, 64)
Considered “The best narrative by a soldier from the Midwest.” (Nevins I pp. 79)
