The Civil War In Apacheland. Sergeant George Hand's Diary: California, Arizona, West Texas, New Mexico, 1861-1864

CARMONY, NEIL B. [EDITED BY].

Publication: High-Lonesome Books, 1996, Silver City

First edition. Cloth, 215 [3] pp., introduction, maps, epilogue, appendices, references, illustrated from photographs and drawings, index. Signed by the editor. Limited to 500 copies. Hand kept a daily journal of activities during his tour of duty during the Civil War. "A spirited journal, recording Hand's service with the Union Army. Marching from California through Arizona, West Texas and southern New Mexico, Sergeant Hand and the other volunteers of the California Column protected the southwest from further invasions by the Texas Rebels. Their hardships and adventures are recorded in Hand's salty journal; heat, dust, thirst and cold; ethnic tensions, frontier whiskey, and Apache depredations; bad food and disease; and imperious officers whom enlisted man Hand does not hesitate to cuss." After the war he settled in Tucson, and continued on with his observations until shortly before his death in 1887. A companion piece to this book is Whiskey, Six-Guns & Red-Light Ladies: George Hand's Saloon Diary, Tucson, 1875-1878, where he kept a record of his years as a saloon keeper. Mr. Carmony also edited Next Stop: Tombstone-George Hand's Contention City Diary, 1882. All three are interesting to read. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

Inventory Number: 49527