IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS (3 VOLS) – CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 11th NEW JERSEY

IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS (3 VOLS) – CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, 11th NEW JERSEY

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Offered is a complete set of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, identified to Captain John H. Smith of the 11th New Jersey.  Published by D. Van Nostrand, Volume I is dated 1863 (but dated 1862 on the upper spine in gilt numbering), while the subsequent books are dated 1862.  Each bears a red ink signature reading “Capt. J. H. Smith / Co. G / 11th NJ Vols.” on the front flyleaf. Honest and purposeful wear is observed across each volume, with Volumes I and III showing a separated plate. Cloth covers are intact, with moderate wear around the edges and spines.  Each book is complete and bindings are secure. Pages show light age-toning and scattered foxing but appear free of major damage (save for the aforementioned plate illustrations). Each book measures 3.5” x 5.2”.

John H. Smith enlisted on 7/1/1862 and mustered into Company I of the 11th NJ Infantry.  He made 1st Sergeant on 1/1/1863, 2nd Lieutenant on 6/2/1863, 1st Lieutenant (of Company G) on 6/2/1864, and Captain on 10/13/1864.  He served with the regiment through all major campaigns until mustering out on 6/6/1865 at Washington, DC.

The 11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment was a prominent volunteer infantry unit that served in the Union Army's Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Organized at Camp Olden in Trenton, New Jersey, the regiment officially mustered into service on August 15, 1862, under the command of Colonel Robert McAllister. Over its nearly three years of service, the regiment fought in 29 battles—spanning from Fredericksburg to the final Confederate surrender at Appomattox. The 11th played a well-known, critical, and tragic role on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Fighting under the Union Third Corps, the regiment suffered a devastating 55% casualty rate while holding the exposed line along the Emmitsburg Road against overwhelming Confederate assaults. The fire to which they were subjected was so intense that it wounded or killed every officer above the rank of Lieutenant. Colonel McAllister was severely wounded early on, and leadership repeatedly shifted down the ranks as successive officers were shot down.

An excellent grouping of tactics manuals directly linked to one of the Civil War’s more infamous Union regiments.  [cm][ph:L]

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