Detailed Minutiae Of Soldier Life McCarthy Time Life Black Hardcover Civil War
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Detailed Minutiae Of Soldier Life McCarthy Time Life Black Hardcover Civil War. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865 by Carlton McCarthy, a firsthand soldier's account of the everyday experiences, routines, and impressions of service in the Army of Northern Virginia for adult readers and collectors of Civil War and military-history narratives. Publisher/Imprint: Time Life Books edition in the Collector's Library of the Civil War series, reproducing the 1882 Richmond memoir originally issued by Carlton McCarthy and Company and printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge; format: illustrated black hardcover with gilt page edges; language: English; narrative type: nonfiction military memoir; intended audience: adult Civil War and war-history readers; vintage publication in the Collector's Library series; ISBN: 0-8094-4243-0. Content overview: Chapters include A Voice from the Ranks, The Outfit Modified, Romantic Ideas Dissipated, On the March, Cooking and Eating, Comforts, Conveniences, and Consolations, Fun and Fury on the Field, Improvised Infantry, Brave Survivors Homeward Bound, Soldiers Transformed, Camp Fires of the Boys in Gray, and The Battle-Flag, exploring topics such as enlistment, camp life, marching, food preparation, hardships, camaraderie, and the soldiers' return home. Text and layout: The text presents McCarthy's narrative in a clear single-column layout that follows the original typesetting, with numbered chapters, running heads, and traditional serif type; black-and-white illustrations by Wm. L. Sheppard appear as full-page drawings and vignettes that depict soldiers, camp scenes, and battlefield moments, complementing the descriptive prose. Physical and design features: Black textured boards with gilt titles on the front cover and spine, a blind-stamped procession of marching soldiers across the front board, gilt page edges on all sides, patterned marbled endpapers, and a built-in red ribbon page marker characteristic of the Collector's Library of the Civil War bindings, giving the volume a classic decorative appearance on the shelf. Features: Time Life Collector's Library of the Civil War hardcover reprint of Carlton McCarthy's 1882 soldier-life memoir, illustrated perspective on the Army of Northern Virginia, gilt-edged and marbled-endpaper binding with ribbon marker, suitable for readers and collectors of Civil War history, Southern military narratives, and vintage Time Life historical series.
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