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ORIGINAL 1861 printing (not a modern reprint) — "Cavalry Drill and Sabre Exercise," compiled agreeably to the latest regulations of the War Department by George Patten, late of the U.S. Army. Published 1861 by J. W. Fortune, 19 Chatham Street, New York.
Wartime paperbound manual issued for volunteer cavalry at the outbreak of the Civil War. Illustrated sabre exercise (cuts, parries, guards) and cavalry drill with formation diagrams. Back wrap carries the publisher's ad for Patten's Army Manual ($2.00).
CONDITION: Issued in paper wraps (no hardcover ever existed). Front wrapper/title leaf is present but DETACHED. Text in two intact blocks (preface through p.24, then the remainder); interior pages in great shape, text clean and readable. Illustrations present. Wraps show edge wear and toning. See photos.
