"The Story of the Civil War: A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America Between 1861 and 1865." Part 1: To the opening campaigns of 1862. By John Codman Ropes, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, USA, 1894, First edition, First Printing with "1894" imprinted on the bottom of the title page and copyright.

Hard boards, original blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine [some wear, especially spine ends and corners]; 6" x 9.1/4"; 274 pages, the pages between c. 120 -150 have several underlines, creases, damages and repairs [see photos]; a few additional page edge creases, creased back-endpaper, all maps are missing, discarded university library book with label inside front cover, a few stamps, residue from removed labels inside back-cover, good condition.

John Codman Ropes (1836-1899) was an American military historian and lawyer, and the co-founder of the law firm Ropes & Gray.

Ropes entered Harvard in 1853, and graduated in 1857. His interests as a young man were chiefly religious, legal and historical, and these remained with him throughout life, his career as a lawyer being conspicuous and successful. But it was the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 which fixed his attention principally on military history. He ceaselessly assisted with business and personal help and friendship the officers and men of the 20th Massachusetts regiment, in which his brother, Henry Ropes, was killed in action at Gettysburg, and after the war he devoted himself to the collection and elucidation of all obtainable evidence as to its incidents and events. His principal work is an unfinished Story of the Civil War, to which he devoted most of his later years; this covers the years 1861-62.

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