Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. By a Private Soldier. Containing
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(TEXAS REGIMENTAL). [BLESSINGTON, Joseph P.]. The Campaigns of Walker's Texas Division. By a Private Soldier. Containing a Complete Record of the Campaigns in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas; the Skirmish at Perkins' Landing and the Battles of Milliken's Bend, Bayou Bourbeux, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Jenkins; Ferry, &c., &c., Including the Federal's Report of the Battles, Names of the Officers of the Division, Diary of Marches, Camp Scenery, Anecdotes, Description of the Country through Which the Division Marched, &c., &c. New York: Published for the Author by Lange, Little & Co., Printers, 1875. 1st ed. 314pp. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Light wear to spine ends, corners rubbed, else very good. HOWES B-533, "aa." Dornbusch III, 1245. "This above-average unit history touches on military operations in all sections, including the Trans-Mississippi, and contains many of the author's personal experiences" Nevins I, p.61. "[T]his work is explicit about the journeying of the military unit to which the author belonged and is also peppered with brief comments on the country through which he marched. Blessington was more travel-minded than the usual writer of regimental histories" Coulter 41.
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