Rules & Articles of War: with the Different Acts of Congress on Military Affairs; also, Late Acts for Raising 20,000… with a List of the General Staff, War Department, and the Several Districts as they are Numbered…

8vo, leather binding with spine label and lettered in gilt, 151 pp. Missing front endpapers, binding a bit worn at the extremities, index page creased and folded, normal aging and foxing, embossed library stamp; otherwise very good. Scarce military title published during the War of 1812. This work provides the military regulations for a wide range of issues, including addressing soldiers that are AWOL, type of uniforms, punishment for dueling, pay of officers and enlisted men, and providing for widows and children of officers. Also included is a fifty-nine page list of all the officers in the Army and Navy at that time.