Days And Events 1860-1866 (18Th New Hampshire Regimental History) Livermore, Thomas, Military,Military History,Unit Histories

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, x, 485 pgs, frontis portrait, illustrations, folding plate of Gettysburg Battlefield. Original green paper covered boards with gilt titled cloth spine. Top edge gilt. Authored by the late Colonel of the 18th New Hampshire Volunteers. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light wear to corners and spine ends; covers a bit soiled. Interior is clean and tight. Large folding plate is present with small, closed tear near gutter, else fine. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Fine reminiscences by the Colonel of the 18th New Hampshire; and well printed by the Riverside Press using quality paper resulting in a superior book. Livermore wrote these memoirs just after the war, but they were not published until almost 45 years after the war. Despite this, this is considered superior to his history of the regiment published in 1905. A rather scarce publication; rarely offered for sale. REFERENCES: DORN NH71; COULTER 294: These reminiscences were written from 18687 to 1870 or slightly later and deal almost entirely with military matters; infrequently Colonel Livermore s prying memory gets outside the military lines. One instance is when he writes of foraging forays in the early part of the war which were made against strict orders by the higher authorities. NEVINS I pg 121: The highly literate recollections by the colonel of the 18th New Hampshire; Livermore participated in all of the major campaigns in the East. MULLINS / REED #231. EISNER 528: The most valuable aspects of the work are the vivid mental images of foraging, camp life, marches, fights, and even horseracing among Livermore s comrades and inferiors. The narrative is free and open but omits the names of many people who committed less than glorious actions Livermore offers only a chatty volume, primarily commenting on activities at soldier level.