Civil War Litchfield County Regiment: A Sketch Of The Second Connecticut Volunteer

VAILL, Dudley Landon. The County Regiment: A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War. [Litchfield, CT]: Litchfield County University Club, 1908. First edition.

Publisher's dark green textured flexible leather, gilt lettering and University Club device on upper cover featuring their shield, palm tree, and motto "NON CARITAS UNITAS CONSTANTIA" (the date 1896 visible within the shield). Title page with laurel wreath device.

A detailed regimental history of a Connecticut Civil War unit that began as infantry and was converted to heavy artillery. Published by the Litchfield County University Club, likely as part of their local historical documentation efforts. The book represents an important primary source for Connecticut's Civil War history, written at a time when many veterans would still have been alive to contribute their memories. The publisher's binding reflects the institutional nature of the publication, with the University Club's distinctive emblem prominently featured.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​