Rhode Island in the Rebellion
Providence, RI: Privately Printed, 1864. 1st Edition. 8vo. Good+. Item #18803
A scarce 1864 1st Edition of this Civil War history, published while the war still raged throughout the land.
Rhode Island played a vital role in the Civil War. The state "furnished 25,236 fighting men to the Union Army, of which 1,685 died. The state used its industrial capacity to supply the Union Army with the materials needed to win the war. Rhode Island's continued growth and modernization led to the creation of an urban mass transit system and improved health and sanitation programs.
"Fort Adams near Newport was used temporarily as the United States Naval Academy. In May 1861, the Academy was moved to Newport from Annapolis, Maryland due to concerns about the political sympathies of the Marylanders, many of whom were suspected of supporting the Confederate States of America. In September, the Academy moved to the Atlantic House hotel in Newport and remained there for the rest of the war.
"In 1862, Fort Adams became the headquarters and recruit depot for the 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment. The USS Rhode Island was a side-wheel steamer commissioned in 1861 for the Union Navy, and it intercepted blockade runners in the West Indies and was a part of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron." - wiki
Original publisher cloth patterned and stamped in blind. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner contemporary label to front pastedown. Wear and fraying to cloth at spine ends. Mild rubbing and edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.
Price: $125.00