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Toombs, Samuel, 1844-1889 New Jersey troops in the Gettysburg campaign

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.293 Author/Creator: Toombs, Samuel, 1844-1889 Place Written: Orange, New Jersey Type: Book Date: 1888 Pagination: 406 p. : ill. ; 20.5 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues, "from June 5 to July 31, 1863." "To the memory of the gallant Jerseymen who sacrificed their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the maintenance of the Union this book is reverently dedicated." Inscription inside cover: "Butler Post, 35. Compliments of Ye Olde Booke Store, 95 Van Houten St., Jan. 6--92." Published in Orange, NJ. Illustrated with wood engravings, with battlefield maps, monuments erected by the state of New Jersey, and portraits of brigade and regimental commanders.

Toombs, Samuel, 1844-1889

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