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Title: A Soldier's Reminiscences in Peace and War Author: Johnson, R[ichard] W. Place: Philadelphia Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company Date: 1886 Description: 428 pp. Frontispiece portrait & 1 engraved plate. 9x5¾, green cloth, beveled edges, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Johnson saw frontier service in Texas in the 1850's and served throughout the Civil War, rising to brevet major-general. Graff 2222 notes that "Johnson describes service in the West (principally Texas) before the Civil War, including several famous forts, experiences during the Civil War, and life in Minnesota after the War." Threre is a short section on the Sioux uprising of 1862. Nevins I, p.114. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine condition, spine lettering bright. Item number: 164984