HISTORY OF THE DeWITT GUARDS 50th REGIMENT, NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD, CIVIL WAR

  

HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARDS COMPANY A, 50th REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK CIVIL WAR MILITIA AUTHORIZED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE CONDITION Protected by a clear, acid-free, Mylar dust jacket. Clean, Bright, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Excellent History of the Unit with Details of Service of Each Member of the Unit PUBLISHED ANDRUS, McCHAIN & COMPANY, STEAM PRINTERS, ITHACA, NEW YORK, IN 1866 This wonderful, First Edition book constitutes a brief history of Company A, 50th Regiment, National Guard, New York Militia, the "DeWitt Guards" who fought during the Civil War at Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and during other engagements. The book provides some history of the unit and provides detailed biographical sketches of its members.

From the Preface: Our object in giving to the public a full, true, and concise history of Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, better known to the citizens of Ithaca as the DeWitt Guard, is to show as honorable a record as can be produced by any similar organization-so far as the membership of this Company was connected with the army and navy of the United States during the late rebellion. We shall show that the total membership of the Company from the time of its organization, in December, 1851, to the present time, has been two hundred and two, of which eighty-two served either in the army or navy during the war against eighty-eight who did not; twenty-nine names appear on the Company roll, of whom it is not known to the writer whether they were or were not in the army, and nine who died previous to the war. We have undertaken a brief personal history to each, which we believe will be interesting to the reader.

We also wish to show that the Company has been, from the time of its organization to the present, a self-supporting and self-sustaining institution, until recently receiving nothing from the State but arms, and that the individual members have contributed the sum of two thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-six cents, to which amount should be added a liberal percentage for disbursements which do not appear on Company records. We propose to give the name of each member of the DeWitt Guard from its organization, the date of his enlistment, his profession, with such incidents as we think will be of interest to the reader, after which we shall give the history of the Company collectively. There may be those who have belonged to the Company whose names will not appear in these pages. This must be attributed to the fact of their not signing the muster-roll of the Company, as every name there recorded is introduced in the following history.

THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION This wonderful, First Edition book is in excellent condition. Bound in blue, cloth cover with impressed design work on the cover, the impressed image of an American flag, eagle, shield and florals and with gold lettering on the spine, the book is clean and solidly bound throughout. The exterior has a lightly bumped, lower, right corner on the cover. The cover is general clean, but has some white discoloration to the top, right cover. It is clean otherwise and the lettering on the spine remains bright and easy to read.

The book is protected in a clear, acid-free, Mylar dust jacket. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. There isn't a mark in the book. The book is free of any smudging, foxing or writing.

The book is solidly bound throughout; it has no looseness or lean and both hinges are fine. It has yellow-colored end pages. The book has not pasteboards, stamps or other markings and it is not an ex-library book. Overall, this is an excellent, First Edition history of the DeWitt Guards, Company A, 50th Regiment, New York National Guard and Militia. HISTORY OF THE DEWITT GUARDS.

REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK. AUTHORIZED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY. FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE CONDITION Protected by a clear, acid-free, Mylar dust jacket. Clean, Bright, Solidly Bound, Antique Book Excellent History of the Unit with Details of Service of Each Member of the Unit. PUBLISHED ANDRUS, McCHAIN & COMPANY, STEAM PRINTERS, ITHACA, NEW YORK, IN.

Constitutes a brief history of Company A, 50. Regiment, National Guard, New York Militia, the "DeWitt Guards" who fought during the Civil War at Fair Oaks, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and during other engagements.

Our object in giving to the public a full, true, and concise history of Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, better known to the citizens of Ithaca as the DeWitt Guard, is to show as honorable a record as can be produced by any similar organization-so far as the membership of this Company was connected with the army and navy of the United States during the late rebellion. THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Overall, this is an excellent. History of the DeWitt Guards, Company A, 50.

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• Binding: Fine Binding
• Subject: Military & War
• Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
• Year Printed: 1866
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Protected on a clear, Mylar dust jacket
• Origin: American
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English