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CIVIL WAR BOOKS
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OFFICIAL REGISTER OF RHODE ISLAND
OFFICERS AND MEN WHO SERVED IN THE
UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY FROM
1861-1866.By Elisha Dyer. Providence, Rhode Island, 1893-1895. Volume I: 867 Pages Volume II: 1434 Pages Due to the bulk of Volume II, it is offered in 2 parts of approximately 700 pages each. The set, bound in 3 parts. $175.00 
RHODE ISLAND IN THE REBELLION.By Edwin W. Stone. Providence, Rhode Island, 1865. 410 Pages. $37.50
"This mis-titled memoir of service in Virginia during the first year
of war is even-tempered, reliable, and one of the best of the early
publications of life in the army." CWB
THE HISTORY OF BATTERY A, FIRST
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY.By Thomas M. Aldrich. Providence, Rhode Island, 1904 408 Pages, illustrated. $45.00
BATTERY D, FIRST RHODE ISLAND LIGHT
ARTILLERY IN THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865.By George C. Sumner. Providence, Rhode Island, 1897. 192 Pages. $35.00
"Particularly good for little personal incidents
that took place within the battery;
Sumner is also noted for several published
monographs of war experiences."
THE HISTORY OF BATTERY E, FIRST REGIMENT
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY.By George Lewis. Providence, Rhode Island, 1892. 540 Pages. Folding map. $55.00
BATTERY F, FIRST REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND
LIGHT ARTILLERY IN THE CIVIL WAR
1861-1865.By Philip S. Chase. Providence, Rhode Island, 1892. 332 Pages, illustrated. Folding maps. $40.00
THE HISTORY OF BATTERY H, FIRST
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT BATTERY.By Earl Fenner. Providence, 1894. 216 Pages. Illustrated. $35.00
"Daily Memoranda' comprise less than half of the work;
biographical sketches and rosters make up the rest." CWB
SHOT AND SHELL: THE THIRD RHODE ISLAND
HEAVY ARTILLERY REGIMENT IN THE REBELLIONBy Frederic Denison. Providence, Rhode Island, 1879. 368 Pages, illustrated. $39.00
Union Bookshelf
"Another full collection of primary materials;
this battery saw much service along the Southern seaboard,
and Denison's pen missed none of it." CWB
HISTORY OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF
RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY.By John K. Burlingame. Providence, Rhode Island, 1892. 382 Pages, illustrated. Folding maps. $42.00
Union Bookshelf
"A full history based on wartime jottings;
word-of-mouth stories, and printed sources." CWB
THE FOURTEENTH REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND
HEAVY ARTILLERY (COLORED).
IN THE WAR TO PRESERVE THE UNION 1861-1865.By William H. Chenery. Providence, Rhode Island, 1898. 343 Pages. Portraits of officers. $39.00
SABRES AND SPURS: THE FIRST REGIMENT
RHODE ISLAND CAVALRY IN THE CIVIL WAR
1861-1865.By Frederic Denison. 1876. 600 Pages. Folding maps. $65.00
Union Bookshelf
"A first-rate composite of diaries and letter excerpts;
both reliable and useful for cavalry operations in the East." CWB
NINETEEN MONTHS A PRISONER OF WAR, NARRATIVE OF LIEUTENANT G.E. SABRE,
SECOND RHODE ISLAND CAVALRY, OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE WAR PRISONS
AND STOCKADES OF MORTON,MOBILE,ATLANTA, LIBBY,BELLE ISLAND,ANDERSONVILLE
MACON,CHARLESTON,AND COLUMBIA,AND HIS ESCAPE TO THE UNION LINES.New York, 1865. 207 Pages. Illustrated. $32.50
"Vivid descriptions of prison life, but possessed also of confusion and bias.
Ferguson (q.v.) alleged that Sabre collaborated with his captors." CWB
THE COLLEGE CAVALIERS, A SKETCH OF THE SERVICE
OF A COMPANY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE UNION ARMY.By S.B. Pettengill. Chicago,Illinois, 1883. 94 Pages. Portraits. $19.00
A NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF
THE FIRST RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT
IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1861.By Augustus Woodbury. Providence, Rhode Island, 1862. 262 Pages. Map. $32.00
"Written by the highly observant regimental chaplain,this work suffers
only from the short space of time which it treats." CWB
THE SECOND RHODE ISLAND REGIMENT: A
NARRATIVE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.By Augustus Woodbury. Providence, Rhode Island, 1875. 633 Pages. Folding map. $55.00
FORTY-SIX MONTHS WITH THE FOURTH
RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS.By George H. Allen. Providence, Rhode Island, 1887. 389 Pages. Portrait. $42.00
"A full and revealing memoir of service in Burnside's IX Corps;
Allen bases his study on a meticulously kept journal." CWB
THE SEVENTH REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND
VOLUNTEERS IN THE CIVIL WAR 1862-1865.By William P. Hopkins. Providence, Rhode Island, 1903. 544 Pages. Profusely illustrated. Folding maps. $65.00
"Presented in diary form, this work is a composite of written and recalled
events of service from Fredericksbury to Appomattox; half of
the volume consists of biographical sketches and muster rolls." CWB
HISTORY OF THE NINTH AND TENTH
REGIMENTS RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS
AND THE TENTH RHODE ISLAND BATTERYBy William Spicer. Providence, Rhode Island, 1892. 415 Pages. $45.00
"Revealing for army life around Washingtion and Virginia."
HISTORY OF THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT
RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS.By R.W. Rock (John C. Thompson). Providence, Rhode Island,, 1881. 217 Pages. $29.00
"Short on military matters but long on personal incidents,
this history is one of the better sources for 1862-1863
campaigns around Washington and Norfolk,Virginia." CWB
THE FLYING REGIMENT. JOURNAL OF THE CAMPAIGN OF
THE 12TH REGIMENT. RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS.By Capt. J.W. Grant. Providence, Rhode Island, 1865. 152 Pages. $22.00
STORY OF THE TWELFTH REGIMENT RHODE ISLAND
VOLUNTEERS IN THE CIVIL WAR 1862-1863.By Pardon E. Tillinghurst and others. Providence, Rhode Island, 1904. 394 Pages, illustrated. $42.00
"Contains some personal reminiscences,statistics, and previously
published material relative to the regiment's ten-month service
in Virginia and Kentucky." CWB
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