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Memoirs of a Late Officer in the Army of the United States By an Officer in the Same Service

By: Anonymous

Price: $29.31

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, American Sunday-School Union: 1836

Seller ID: 99908

ISBN: B00HS09BL4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Black cloth spine, marbled paper covered boards. Moderate general wear. Rear loose endpaper removed. Moderate foxing. 69 pages. Life of an unnamed Connecticut man who, brought up as a devote Christian, joins the military in the War of 1812, distinguishes himself with bravery, becomes an unbeliever, and lives a life of dissipation, squandering and drunkeness. A morality tale.
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The Negro in the American Rebellion; His Heroism and His Fidelity

By: Brown, William Wells, 1815-1884

Price: $2,736.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, Lee & Shepard: 1867

Seller ID: 109740

ISBN: B000NOXHLW

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

1st Printing. Nice Firm copy ! Pencilled previous owner name ('J.S. Fogg / Boston / Jan 1- 1867') on front flypaper . 380 pages. Blacks in the Revolutionary War and in 1812, South Carolina Fright, Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave Revolt at Sea, John Brown Raid and the Civil War. William Wells Brown was the first Black to write a comprehensive history of Negroes in the Civil War. 'Feeling anxious to preserve for future reference an account of the part which the Negro took in suppressing the Slaveholders' Rebellion, I have been induced to write this work. In doing so, it occurred to me that a sketch ...
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A Sermon Preached At Boston in America July 23 1812 the Day of the Public Fast...the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in Consequence of the Declaration of War Against Great Britain

By: Channing, William Ellery

Price: $45.55

Publisher: Boston, MA, Greenough and Stebbins: 1812

Seller ID: 102365

ISBN: 1290421048

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Good+

1st Printing. Moderate general wear. 24 pages.
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Cobbet's America

By: Cobbett, William

Price: $22.70

Publisher: London, UK, The Folio Society: 1985

Seller ID: 115069

ISBN: B004UMAYG4

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! Unmarked. Has slipcase. 246 pages.
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The Life of William Bainbridge, Esq. of the United States Navy. Edited by James Barnes.

By: Dearborn, H. A. S.

Price: $52.39

Publisher: Princeton University Press: 1931

Seller ID: 108120

ISBN: B00085747Y

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Nice Firm Clean copy ! William Bainbridge (May 7, 1774 - July 27, 1833) was a Commodore in the United States Navy. During his long career in the young American Navy he served under six presidents beginning with John Adams and is notable for his many victories at sea. He commanded several famous naval ships, including USS Constitution and saw service in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Bainbridge was also in command of USS Philadelphia when it grounded off the shores of Tripoli in North Africa, resulting in his capture and imprisonment for many months. In the latter part of his career he b...
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