Military Journal during the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783.
Hartford: Silus Andrus and Son, 1854.
Price:
$350.00
Illustrated. 494pp., plus ads. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth, covers blocked in blind, spine gilt, minor wear at top and tail of spine. Howes T149.
Item #375883
Thacher served as medical assistant at the opening of the Revolution. He describes the retreat at Ticonderoga, the ill-fated Penobscot expedition, and provides an excellent eyewitness account of the execution of Major Andre. He also gives accounts of the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Thacher retired from the army in July 1783. His diary "gives a good picture of the spirit of the army, especially under the adverse circumstances of hunger, fatigue, and cold, and provides detailed descriptions of man and events almost unequaled by any of his contemporaries...for a young country boy untrained in narration, his JOURNAL must be considered a remarkable historical document" - DAB. First published in 1823.
Item #375883
Thacher served as medical assistant at the opening of the Revolution. He describes the retreat at Ticonderoga, the ill-fated Penobscot expedition, and provides an excellent eyewitness account of the execution of Major Andre. He also gives accounts of the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. Thacher retired from the army in July 1783. His diary "gives a good picture of the spirit of the army, especially under the adverse circumstances of hunger, fatigue, and cold, and provides detailed descriptions of man and events almost unequaled by any of his contemporaries...for a young country boy untrained in narration, his JOURNAL must be considered a remarkable historical document" - DAB. First published in 1823.
