by J.P. Maygrier ; translated from the 4th French edition by Gunning S. Bedford. New-York : Collins & Co, 1832. First American Edition. Translation of the French Manuel de l'anatomiste. 2 Volumes in one, separate title pages. 378, 305 pp. Very rare! Leatherbound covers and spine, head of spine has some loss, some tape on covers/spine that holds front board to spine, detached otherwise. Pages show browning and foxing. The provenance makes this truly amazing. There are some stamps in front demonstrating this was the property of W. R. Longshore, MD, of Hazelton, PA. Longshore was a surgeon in the Civil War, who served as a surgeon in the 147th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry, making this a possible field carried and referenced manual! See more about this amazing man below! Good luck! Sep. 10, 1838
Beaver Meadows
Carbon County
Pennsylvania, USADec. 1, 1915
Pennsylvania, USA
Served as a surgeon in the 147th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry during the U.S. Civil War.
147th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Field and Staff Officers
Win. R. Longshore Surgeon October 20, 1862 Promoted from Assistant Surgeon, December 7, 1863; mustered out with Regiment, July 15, 1865
21. WILLIAM RIGHTER (DR.)7 LONGSHORE (ASHBEL BRITTAIN (DR.)6, ISAIAH5, ABNER4, EUCLYDUS (II)3, EUCLYDUS2, ROBERT (GENT.)1 LONGSHAW/LONGSHORE) was born September 10, 1838 in Beaver Meadows, Carbon Co., Penn., and died 1915 in Hazleton, Luzerne Co., Penn.. He married MATILDA A. CARTER April 25, 1865 in Hazleton, Luzerne Co., Penn., daughter of WILLIAM CARTER.
Notes for WILLIAM RIGHTER (DR.) LONGSHORE:
Union Soldier. Enlisted 20 Oct. 1862 "age 26" in Harrisburg, Penn. as an Asst. Surgeon, 147th Penn. Volunteers, attached to the 47th Regt. Penn. Volunteers, promoted to Surgeon and Major on 7 Dec. 1863. Commanding Brigade Hospital Surgeon in occupied Atlanta, he was with Gen. Sherman's famous march to the sea. Mustered out on 15 Jul. 1865.
Excerpt from: "General and Family History of the Wyoming & Lackawanna Valleys, Pennsylvania," Vol. 1, 1906: "Dr. Wm. R. Longshore, M.D., son of Ashbel B. and Maria J. (Righter) Longshore b 09/10/1838 in Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania. Studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania College of Medicine from which he graduated March, 1860. Worked as an assistant in the male department of Pennsylvania Hospital for Insane under Dr. Kirkbride until 1862. Was Commander's assistant surgeon with rank of 1st Lt. in 147th Reg. Pennsylvania Volunteers in September 1863 and was promoted to surgeon and rank of Major."
Dr. W. R. Longshore, a prominent Hazleton surgeon whose parents both were descendants of Revolutionary families, tended to the wounded at some of the war's bloodiest campaigns. The Beaver Meadows native enlisted as a first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in Pardee's 147th Regiment at the outbreak of fighting. He was promoted to major and surgeon in 1863 and he served at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Longshore was acting brigade surgeon during Sherman's march to Atlanta. When he reached Goldsborough, N.C., while accompanying Sherman through the Carolinas near the end of the war, Longshore obtained a leave in order to go home and get married. He reached Philadelphia on April 14, just a few hours before John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in Washington. Longshore continued on to Hazleton and on April 25 married M. A. Carter, daughter of Beaver Meadows coal operator William Carter. Twelve days later he was back in the Army.
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Parents:
A B Longshore (1812 - 1875)
Maria Jane Righter Longshore (1816 - 1885)
Spouse:
Matilda A Carter Longshore (1839 - 1891)
