Awesome CW Book

[rammjäger]

Hello everyone,
I want to show to you this 1865 Book - 618 pages .First edition!
Written in german language translated from the english with
many images from which I only took some of them.
It belonged perhaps to a german inmigrant Family.Inside
the book I found this strain of blond hair (from perhaps a young lady)
and some piece of paper with cooking tips in english.
Just look at the Pics :
Regards,
Miguel

 

[civilman1]

That IS awesome Miguel,thank's for sharing.....Would love to know the story behind that

 

[rammjäger]

That IS awesome Miguel,thank's for sharing.....Would love to know the story behind that

Thank you civilman,
the piece of paper with the cooking tipp my wife already knew it
I guess I'll never know the details of this inmigrant family because
there are no names in the book left.
From now on I will be reading this book whenever possible .Of course not every day,but at odd
moments .There is incredible information found,just overlooking it.....
HH
Miguel

 

[rammjäger]

Some more Drawings

 

[Blacksheep]

Fantastic book, the braided hair may be a remembrance of someone who passed away, a
child/young adult judging by the color. (hair "rings" etc were common forms also)

Any names/dates inside the cover of the book?

 

[civilman1]

That still is an awesome book Miguel.....Kinda made you think what the rest of the world was thinking at the time

 

[rammjäger]

Thank you,
at first I thought this strain of hair belonged to a young man who went to war.
But now I think it belonged to a young Lady .
Its an incredible feeling - Just going back to those years !
The old german writting let easily to be read.
Among the many insights ,I could know,for example, that most of the german
inmigrants were volunteerd for the Union and not for the Confederacy.
The most probable cause for this is perhaps the fact that these peoples were
uncertain and afraid to come to a new Homeland that could any moment fall apart .
The book was printed in November 1865.Was it before or after Lincoln`s assasination?

 

[rammjäger]

......."Any names/dates inside the cover of the book?"...........
No Names or Place to lead to any conclution

 

[ivan salis]

there were various officer level "advisors" from foreign countries who came to "observe" the war and see how new weapons and tactics were doing --(also they were reporting back home on the progress of the war -- the powers in europe wanted to back a "winner" -- so these "observers" were very important to both sides and were treated very well --often they wrote books about what they had seen --llike the one you have , -- it might have been either a "observer" or a US gernan man that wrote it ) but for the best sales if american why not make it in english?) --also most men in the actual army would not have the time needed to do such a project as they would be busy with the day to day duty and details of "making"war

 

[rammjäger]

there were various officer level "advisors" from foreign countries who came to "observe" the war and see how new weapons and tactics were doing --(also they were reporting back home on the progress of the war -- the powers in europe wanted to back a "winner" -- so these "observers" were very important to both sides and were treated very well --often they wrote books about what they had seen --llike the one you have , -- it might have been either a "observer" or a US gernan man that wrote it ) but for the best sales if american why not make it in english?) --also most men in the actual army would not have the time needed to do such a project as they would be busy with the day to day duty and details of "making"war

Hello Ivan,
this book (Photo) was written by Thomas P. Kettell and translated to the german language by Paul Löser ,
who was Redacteur of the New Yorker Handels - Zeitung ( Commerce Diary)
Hartford-Ct /Cincinatti Ohio SA. Howe,Successor of Herny Howe 1865.
Entered,according to Act of Congress in the year 1864,
by L. Stebbins / Editor
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut.
There are possibly other similar editions in english.

Ps. there are statements about the position the the european nations of that time took.
For instance, the Keen of England declared neutral position,also France and other countries....

 

[ivan salis]

yes there are english editions of this book * -- I saw one in english priced at $100 -- a similar but differant book in german about the civil war from that era with a broken spine was about $30 --being in english made it much more valuible as most americans read english.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I love that! If only I could read it!