The images below show the title page and handwritten entries in Daniel Korns' 1864 book on the Civil War that is titled Organization of the Army of the Potomac and of its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland. I find it interesting that a mountain farmer was reading such a weighty topic. The book came from the family home of Allen Lester Korns of Southampton Township, Somerset County, PA and belonged to one of his grandchildren when these pictures were taken. Allen Korns's home was owned previously by his father John Wilson Korns and his grandfather Daniel Korns, Jr. Click here to read a Google copy of a different specimen of the book.
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Written receipt in front of the book:
Title page:
Somerset County Southampton inscription in back of book:
Lessons inscription in back of book:
Emanuel Korns' name in back of book:
Daniel Korns' name in back of book:
Daniel Korns' name in back of book:
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