(CIVIL WAR--MANUALS.) Patten, George. Cavalry Drill and Sabre Exercise / Artillery Drill, Containing Instruction in . . .Battery Manoeuvres. Profusion of illustrations. 4, [v]-viii, [5]-159; [4], 4, [v]-viii, [5]-180, [4] pages including ad leaves. 2 volumes. 12mo, original printed wrappers, moderate wear; minor wear to contents; various ownership markings on front wrappers. New York: J.W. Fortune, 1863
Later editions of works copyrighted in 1861, in attractive original wrappers. The cavalry volume was owned by Colonel William Rotch Wister of the 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry, a Philadelphia lawyer perhaps best known in athletic circles as "the father of American cricket." The artillery volume is signed by early owner E. George Walters and bears inked stamps of the Franklin Institute Library.
