1902 Civil War Times by Daniel Wait Howe-Indiana Regiment-Civil War-RARE 1st

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1902 Civil War Times by Daniel Wait Howe-Indiana Regiment-Civil War-RARE 1st:
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CIVIL WAR TIMES 1861-1865 BY DANIEL WAIT HOWE...RARE FIRST EDITION...PUBLISHED IN 1902 BY THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS...NARRATIVE OF A SOLDIER WITH THE 79TH INDIANA REGIMENT WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND AND PARTICIPATED IN MOST OF THE MAJOR BATTLES IN TENNESSEE...BLUE CLOTH W/ GILTDECORATIONAND LETTERING...AGE WEAR CHIPPING & SCRATCHES ON THE COVER (NOT SEVERE), SOME SPINE FADING, FRONT COVER MILDLY CRACKED, PAGES GOOD, SOLID CONDITION...VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF THIS CIVIL WAR CLASSIC IN NOT EX-LIBRARY...EXCELLENT GIFT OR KEEPSAKE FOR A CIVIL WAR BUFF.
Daniel Wait Howe (1839–1921) was a prominent lawyer, judge, and historian, as well as president of the IndianaHistorical Society between 1901 and 1920. Born in Patriot, Switzerland County, Indiana, he was the son of DanielHaven Howe (1811–1841). The elder Howe, originally from West Bloomfield, New York, was a lumber merchantwho moved to Indiana in the late 1830s, when he met and married Lucy Hicks (1816–1904). When young Daniel wasslightly more than one year old, his father died. In 1849 Lucy married Samuel P. Oyler. Howe graduated fromFranklin College in 1857 and taught school while studying law.Upon the advent of the Civil War in 1861, Howe enlisted as a private in the Seventh Indiana Regiment, serving threemonths in West Virginia. He re-enlisted on 14 August 1862, after his first duty had ended. Commissioned as firstlieutenant (and later promoted to captain) in the 79th Indiana Regiment, he served continuously for two years. Howetook part in several battles of the western theatre including Carrick\'s Ford, Stone\'s River, Chickamauga, and receivedan official commendation for bravery at Missionary Ridge. His duty was abruptly ended on 23 June 1864 by a woundthat landed him in an army hospital near Chattanooga.After the war he completed his law studies at Albany Law School, passed the bar exam in 1867, and enteredpartnership with his stepfather, Col. Samuel P. Oyler, in Franklin. He also served as city attorney and, in 1868–69,state prosecutor. In 1871 he married Inez Hamilton of Greensburg and two years later moved to Indianapolis, wherehe formed a partnership with Charles Byfield. He served as judge of the Superior Court of Marion County between1876 and 1890. Upon retirement from the bench he resumed his law practice.Howe maintained an active interest in history throughout his life. He wrote several critically acclaimed books,including Puritan Republic (1899), concerning Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan era; Civil War Times(1902), drawn largely from his own experience and described as judicious and impartial by both the northern andsouthern press at its publication; and Political History of Secession (1914), which examines the antebellumsecessionist movement.Besides being a member and president of the Indiana Historical Society, Howe belonged to an array of organizationsincluding the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, the Indianapolis Bar Association (president in 1904), andthe Indianapolis Literary Club. He was a Knight-Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason and Scottish Rite, as wellas a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Howe died 28 October 1921.