Author: George Wise

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780666089731

Excerpt from History of the Seventeenth Virginia Infantry Rifles, composed of the bone and sinew of the remaining youth of our city, was organized, and every exertion made to render it, as it subsequently became, the honored helpmeet of its senior military confreres. Our well-known and well-loved townsman, M. D. Corse, was elected captain. This high-toned, courteous gentleman, having served through the United States war with Mexico, was considered eminently fitted for the position. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.