1862 CIVIL WAR. Rare German Issue American Civil War Bible w/ Charming Naive Soldier Drawing. George Whitefield

1862 CIVIL WAR. Rare German Issue American Civil War Bible w/ Charming Naive Soldier Drawing. George WhitefieldA rather rare American Bible Society "German" issue New Testament for German speaking soldiers mustered from Pennsylvania, Indiana, etc., The present the copy of Jacob H. Shaffer, mustered into the Pennsylvania 188th. A really charming period naive folk pencil drawing of a Civil War soldier, presumably by Jacob, who also, presumably, never attended art school. Das Neue Testament Unfers Herrn Und Heilandes Jesu Christi. New Norg. Americanische Bibel

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