Logan, John A., THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIER OF AMERICA. WITH MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR AND MILITARY REMINISCENCES FROM GENERAL LOGAN'S PRIVATE JOURNAL. Chicago: R. S. Peale Company Publishers, 1887. Decorative green cloth hardcover w/gilt titling on front board and spine, aeg, 8vo (6 x 9.125"), very good / n.a., xxiii 24-706 pp., col. front., plates, ports., edges and corners rubbed, hinges partially cracked but repaired, tissue paper between frontis and title page has a 1" tear and a 1/2" tear about 3" above the first, general very light age toning, no foxing noticed. To The Immortal Host of Citizen-Soldiers and Sailors Who from Lexington to Appomattox have won the Liberty of the Republic maintained its honor and preserved its integrity This Volume is Affectionately Inscribed By an humble Companion-in-Arms. - From the preliminaries. The Volunteer Soldier of America is a late 19th century account of the militia soldiers who have fought in American battles, military education for soldiers, and reviews of military systems. "This is a peculiar blend of materials, most trivial but some highly valuable. Logan's hypothesis suggests that volunteers make excellent soldiers and that, like him, those who are not regular army officers can make superb contributions to American military organizations. . . . The most useful portion of the study is a lengthy appendix titled, "Military Reminiscences of the War in the West. - Eicher 529, p.185 (Nevins, 122, Broadfoot, 272) An amazing selection of Captured Tyme - quite the distinctive book indeed.