Hand-Book for Active Service; Containing Practical Instructions in Campaign Duties. For the Use of Volunteers. By Egbert L. Viele and printed in New York by D. Van Nostrand. New York: D. Van Nostrand. 1861, 253 pp, 7.25 x 4.75". (GBP)(C1) Scarce, illustrated military manual published just before the American Civil War. Includes notes on regiment formation, camp life, and arms & ammunition, along with illustrations and sample record keeping charts. Written by civil engineer Egbert Ludovicious Viele (1825-1902), while he was a captain in the Engineer Corps of the 7th New York Militia. During the Civil War, Viele would serve as a Brigadier General with the U.S. Volunteers and as military governor of Norfolk, Virginia. I run a small used book store in
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