(WWI.) GERHART, GARY S., Editor. History of the 19th Regiment. Field Artillery Replacement Depot, Camp Jackson, S.C. Illustrated throughout. 112 pages. Oblong 4to, modern full green cloth with morocco spine label, signature and address of one of the soldiers on the front free end-paper. Columbia, S.C.: State Company, 1918
first edition of a scarce regimental history, written by its members. The 19th trained replacements for troop losses abroad, as well as caring for huge numbers of victims of the terrible influenza pandemic of 1918-1920. Camps like Jackson were needed to handle the sheer volume of sick, dying and dead. The 19th also had a large 'minstrel' troupe, illustrated at a centerfold on pages 69-70.
