The Defense of Charleston Harbor, including Fort Sumter and the Adjacent Islands, 1863-1865.
Charleston: Walker, 1890.
Many illustrations and maps, some folding. 276 pages + clxxxvi page appendix. Tall 8vo, original decorative brown cloth. Charleston: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, 1890. Ex-private library with bookplate from the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and number 2290 in blue pencil on pastedown and title page; ghost of removed sticker on spine foot, still a very good(+) copy.
"Maj. John Johnson was engineering officer in charge during the entire siege (of Fort Sumter), and much of the credit for the defense was attributed to his skill and resourcefulness." Adams, Dictionary of American History, vol. V, p. 204. "Principally concerned with military matters." Civil War Books I, p. 227.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Price: $750.00
Item #152970