The United Service.; A Monthly Magazine, devoted to the interests of the Military, Naval, and Civil Service. Volume XIII.

New York: T. H. S. Hamersly, 1885. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. iv,764, [2] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Some weakness in the boards. Covers stained at bottom edge. Some moisture signs at bottom of pages. Stamp on fep. Contents include: Army of the Potomac by Brevet Major-General St. George Cooke; The Regular Infantry in the Bull Run Campaign by Dangerfield Parker; Cadet Life at West Point by Charles King; The Gettysburg Campaign by T. A. Dodge; Indian Wars in Texas by James DeShields; The Battle of Mill Springs by Lewis Johnson; The Battles of Nashville by Albert Brackett; Preventable Foot Diseases in Military Animals by M. J. Treacy; Resaca by Oliver O. Howard; Vicksburg, The Campaign of 1862-63 by Thomas Jordan, and Samoa and the Samoans by Frederic Vinton. Excerpt from The United Service, 1885, Vol. 13: A Monthly Magazine: The Southern leaders started out with great anticipation. At the outbreak of the war, they seriously expected to make their initial line of defense along the Ohio River and the northern boundary of Mary land. The North was to be made the attacking party. The South was to wage a defensive warfare. As their political chief, Jefferson Davis, expressed it, all they asked was to be let alone. There was no doubt in their minds that Maryland, Virginia in its then entirety, Kentucky, and at least all of Missouri south of the Missouri River, would be one body indivisible. The map shows how large a territory they thus expected to control. No wonder the scheme of secession looked feasible abroad. Condition: Fair / No dust jacket issued.

Keywords: Army of the Potomac, St. George Cooke, Regular Infantry, Bull Run Campaign, Dangerfield Parker, Cadet Life, West Point, Charles King, Gettysburg Campaign, T. A. Dodge, Indian Wars in Texas, James DeShields, e Battle of Mill Springs, Lewis Johnson, Ba

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