Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs.PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES:1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box. 3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING: "Dearest Father: The Civil War letters of Lt Frank Dickerson, a Son of Belfast, Maine"This is about an officer from Maine who joins the 5th US Cavalry regiment. The unit sees much action in Virginia during the war. The officer is wounded during the large cavalry battle at Brandy Station just before Gettysburg. He is hit in the head by a spent ball, just a glancing shot. This wound takes him out of active service. In the Fall of 1864 he is sent to various military duties in Maryland and then Wisconsin Of interest is a section that talks about John Wilkes Booth. It appears the recovering officer lived in the same boarding house as Booth while he was recovering from his wounds. The two got to know each other and the officer is upset when he later learns the man was the assassin of Lincoln. It appears the soldier later gets seriously ill and after the war is headed home Soon after he dies in February 1866.
Price: 17 USD
Location: Livonia, Michigan
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Book Title: Dearest Father
MPN: Does Not Apply
Item Length: 9in.
Vintage: No
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.6in.
Features: Illustrated
Topic: Army, Civil War, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, Cavlary
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6in.
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: North Country Press
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Publication Year: 1992
Literary Movement: Does Not Apply
Illustrator: Unknown
Era: 1800s
Author: Frank w. Dickerson
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
