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Berdan Sharpshooter's Book of Common Prayer, (New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Chu...
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Berdan Sharpshooter's Book of Common Prayer, (New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, n.d.), approximately 500 pp., 4.5" x 3", brown boards. The inside front cover is inscribed, "To C. H. Nye / Co E. U.S. Sharpshooters / from G. S. Coit, / Chaplain / Dec 1861." Cover loose with some chipping to spine, text binding remains sound. The recipient of this book, Charles Nye, was a New Hampshire native and served three years in Co. "E", 1st Sharpshooters, mustering out as a sergeant on September 8, 1864. His survival was in of itself a significant accomplishment given the high mortality rate among his colleagues.Auction Info
2008 November Signature Civil War Auction #6015 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2008
20th-21st
Thursday-Friday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 4
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