A concise system of instructions and regulations for the militia and volunteers of the United States : comprehending the exercises and movements of the infantry, light infantry, and riflemen, cavalry and artillery : together with the manner of doing duty in garrison and in camp, and the forms of parades, reviews, and inspections, as established by authority for the government of the regular army / prepared and arranged by Brevet Captain S. Cooper : under the supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb.

Record ID: 
311447
Accession number: 
Fuld
Creator: 
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876.
Title: 
A concise system of instructions and regulations for the militia and volunteers of the United States : comprehending the exercises and movements of the infantry, light infantry, and riflemen, cavalry and artillery : together with the manner of doing duty in garrison and in camp, and the forms of parades, reviews, and inspections, as established by authority for the government of the regular army / prepared and arranged by Brevet Captain S. Cooper : under the supervision of Major General Alexander Macomb.
Published: 
Philadelphia : Robert P. Desilver, 1836.
Credit Line: 
James Fuld Collection.
Inscription/Markings: 

"1st [ed.]; contains at p. 235 (bottom of page) 1st printing of 'Reveille'"--pencil inscription on front flyleaf by James Fuld.

Contents: 

pt. I. Infantry tactics -- pt. II. Cavalry tactics -- pt. III. Artillery tactics -- pt. IV. Regulations.

Notes: 

On spine: Tactics and regulations for the militia.
Each part also has separate pagination.

Provenance: 

James Fuld.

Associated names: 

Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841.
Desilver, Robert, 1779-1837, publisher.
Fuld, James J., 1916-2008, former owner.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
James Fuld Collection