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1830 Abstract of Infantry Tactics for the Militia of the United States
1830 Abstract of Infantry Tactics for the Militia of the UnitedStates with 19th century family provenance and 1865 usage notes
Abstract of Infantry Tactics including exercises and maneuversof light infantry and riflemen for the use of the militia of theUnited States
Boston Hilliard Gray Little and Wilkins 1830
Publishers original full leather hardback with expected wear tothe cover
Internally still sound with foxing and age toning throughouttypical for early 19th century military manuals
Octavo format militia training manual issued for the drill andinstruction of United States militia officers in the early 1800sThis edition served as the standard reference for state andvolunteer militia units prior to the Mexican American War andremained in practical use well into the Civil War era
This copy contains two period pencil inscriptions forming anotable chain of family provenance
The title page carries a later 19th century pencil notationreading Maj E L Cobb likely identifying the original owner amilitia major active before the Civil War
A second pencil note on a front blank leaf in a different handreads Fathers book Dr name unclear which he used in 1865indicating continued family ownership and active use during theCivil War period when older militia drill books were stillrelied upon by local officers and medical personnel
Together the inscriptions document a rare layered provenanceoriginally owned by Maj E L Cobb later used by his son a doctorin 1865 and preserved within the family
A solid historically rich example of an early United Statesmilitia tactics manual enhanced by its appealing 19th centuryownership history
Provenance
Inscribed in pencil on title page Maj E L Cobb 19th century hand
Pencil note on front blank leaf Fathers book Dr used in 1865
Condition: Authentic
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