This RARE copy ofHistory of the Fifteenth Regiment, Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry : from October, 1861, to August, 1865, when disbanded at the end of the war.R.B. Ogden & Son, 1887, 1st edition, Wiliam W. Belknap author. 644 pp., numerous portraits, broadsides, etc.Keokuk:R. B. Ogden & Son, Print.1887.1st edition (Nevins I, p. 57).644, [2 (blank)] pp. Errata slip tipped-in after p. 6. Frontis. Facsimile broadside. xx inserted plates, primarily portraits. Map. 8vo. Publisher's original blue decorated cloth, with gilt stamping to spine & front board. Bevelled boards. General binding wear, hinges sound, which is unusual for this heavy book. Prior owner pencil notes to blank. A VG plus copy.
The first blank page has a list of pages to consult that includes the identification of the book owner, Private Benjamin F. Bremen, Company D, severely wounded in the Battle of Atlanta, on July 22, 1864.
Includes the calling card of Frederick B. Nixon, a Methodist Episcopal pastor, Alta, Iowa.The 15th Iowa Infantry was organized at Keokuk, Iowa, andmustered in for three years of Federal service on February 22, 1862. The regiment was mustered out on July 24, 1865.
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