My Days & Nights on the Battle-Field by “Carleton”
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Written By: John
This is one out of two or three Civil War era books I have scanned images from, each of which has a small number of nice black and white drawings. Days and Nights has eight full page illustrations, all of which I have put in the gallery and linked to using the images below. I have done a bit of touch up as the images were quite age toned and spotted.
This book was written and published during the United States Civil War as an attempt to explain and describe the “Great Rebellion.” “Carleton” was the pen name of Charles Carleton Coffin. These images are from the 2nd edition (1864), although the book went through many subsequent editions and publishers. It is considered a Civil War classic and remains in print to this day. The entire book (this edition in fact) is digitized at Google Books HERE.
Title: My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field: A Book for Boys
Author: “Carleton”
Artist: Various, or unattributed.
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Date Published: 1863 (1864)
The Dying Patriot
The Great Mistake
Capture of Fort Henry
Charge of Lauman's Brigade at Fort Donelson
Shiloh Church
In Front of the Batteries
Spiking the Guns
Naval Engagement at Memphis
March 5th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Ifound this book and are trying to find its worth anything you could do would be great thank you.
March 6th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Depending on the exact edition and condition, probably $25 to $75 dollars. A book dealer would pay you less. This is the price you could likely get on the open marketplace if you sold it in a bookstore. The book is not a fast mover, though, so it would take a few years or longer to sell in many cases. A quick sale could be made on eBay, likely at $10 to $30. A starting bid of $9.99 would attract bids and have a higher probability of sale, but there may be only one bid so it would sell at the low price.