Description
First edition of The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery. Thick octavo, 615pp. Red cloth, title in gilt, illustrations in black on cover. Frontispiece portrait. Hundreds of illustrations, photographs, battlefield maps, full page plates. Clean text, no extraneous marks, no bookplates. (Nevins I, 153) An excellent copy.
Comments: This work by Alfred Roe, one of the prominent Civil War historians of the early 20th Century, reflects the detailed research he conducted to present a thoughtful account of the soldiers experience in the war. According to Nevins, this work represents his painstaking research and skillful presentation.