Description
First edition of The Story of the Sherman Brigade: The Camp, The March, The Bivouac, The Battle, by Wilbur F. Hinman.
Octavo, xxxii, [33]-1104pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt, embossed illustrations. Includes hundreds of photographs and portraits of battle leaders. Solid text block, solid hinges. Light rubbing and shelf wear to covers. Bookplate of historian Peter Cozzens on the front endpaper.
(Mullins, 44) (Dornbusch: Ohio, 19)
This work covers the military history of the Sixth-Fourth Regiment, the Sixty-Fifth Regiment, the Sixth Ohio Battery, McLaughlins’ Cavalry and the leading Generals in Sherman’s Army. The author of this work, Wilbur F. Hinman (1841-1905) served in the 65th Ohio Volunteer Infantry for 3 years, before being wounded at the Battle Chickamauga in September of 1863. He returned to active service in 1864 and was promoted to the rank of Captain.
