AMERICAN PUBLICIST

[CIVIL WAR ASSOC.] EDWARD LILLIE PIERCE (1829-1897) Editor; Government appointee; Journalist; Lawyer; Military personnel; Writer. At the opening of the civil war he enlisted as a private in the 3rd Mass. Regiment.; served at Fort Monroe, and was detailed to organize, educate and render self­supporting the freedmen of the Sea Islands, South Carolina in 1862, which was so successful that he started companies in other districts to carry on his work. He founded the public library at Milton, Mass. Autograph Letter Signed. Milton, 1882. 4pp. To F.W. Bird. Fine letter to his old friend about his upcoming marriage to an English woman. With biographical information.