The Sailor Boys of '61
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1888. First Edition. Octavo, 381 pages, publisher's original gilt-lettered and decorated red cloth covered boards. The Sailor Boys of '61 by James Russell Soley is a classic nineteenth-century account of youthful service in the United States Navy at the opening of the Civil War. Drawing on personal experience and historical narrative, Soley recounts the training, daily life, and early wartime service of midshipmen and young sailors who entered the Navy in 1861, offering a vivid portrait of naval discipline, shipboard routine, and the transition from peacetime preparation to active conflict. Blending memoir with history, the book provides an engaging and firsthand perspective on the formative experiences of a generation of naval officers and seamen, making it a valuable source for understanding Civil War–era naval life and the human dimension of America’s maritime war effort. Hinges starting to crack, spine slightly sunned and with some fraying, slight discoloration, corners bumped, else in good + condition. Item #182
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