Hard, Curtis V., ed. by Robert H. Ferrell

Banners in the Air: The Eighth Ohio Volunteers and the Spanish-American War

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1988. 147, illus., appendix, roster, notes, reading list, index, DJ in plastic sleeve. Curtis Hard was the colonel of the Eighth Ohio Volunteer Regiment. Although his men saw no combat service in the Spanish-American War (they arrived in Cuba only a few days before the armistice at Santiago), Hard provides valuable information about the mechanics of mobilization, camp life, the pace and problems of campaigning, and the serious problem of malaria and other illnesses. Condition: very good, very good.

Keywords: Spanish-Am War, Memoirs, 8th Ohio Volunteers, Cuba, Military Medicine

[Book #15761]

Price: $49.50