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Marmont, Marshal; Schaller, Frank (Colonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry, Confederate Army) [Confederate imprint]Biblio.com

The Spirit of Military Institutions by Marshal Marmont Duke of Ragusa

186432582Columbia: Evans and Cogswell 1864. Stiff wraps. Good. 12mo. 278 pages. Stiff paper boards with title on the front cover. Black cloth spine. Covers are worn and discolored. It appears the covers are facsimiles. Light to moderate foxing to the contents. Pencil inscription on the right front flyleaf reads "Col. Samuel W Milton from the publishers." The author wrote this book during his recovery from wounds in battle. He dedicates this work to Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis thanks the author and calls him "a master of the art of war" on page 12. Confederate imprint. Parrish & Willingham 4953; Confederate Hundred 60; Sabin 44651. The previous owner served as an Assistant Adjutant General under Samuel Cooper from 1863 to the end of the war. From Find A grave dot com taken from the Biography of Eminent Men of the Carolinas: Samuel Wickiff how it is spelled in the obit Melton was born in Yorkville S. C. February 7 183 hard to read. Receiving his early education in Yorkville he graduated from the South Carolina college in the class of 1852. He edited the Chester Standard published in Chester in 1852 and 1854. Then he returned to Yorkville and established the Yorkville Examiner on January 1 1855 running it until 1858 when he sold out to Lewis M. Grist. In the meantime in 1857 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law with his brother C. D. Melton at Chester continuing until the war broke out. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 on the staff of Gen. M L. Bonham as aid-de-camp accompanying him to Virginia remaining with him until after the first battle of Bull Run. Subsequently he went on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith commanding the Second corps he having the rank of major. He remained with Gen. Smith until February 1863 and was then assigned to duty in the office of the adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate army at Richmond where he remained until the close of the war. He was in the first battle of Bull Run in the Peninsular campaign in the battles around Richmond at Seven Pines the campaign in 1863 in North Carolina and temporarily on the staff of Gen. Beauregard at the battle of Drury's Bluff. The chief duties however from early in 1862 to the close of the war were in the adjutant general's office in Richmond. Evans and Cogswell unknown

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[Civil War – 23rd US Colored Infantry – Desertion] Wood, M HerbertBiblio.com

Letter from a White Officer Commanding an African-American Regiment in the Civil War to His Sister Discussing Pay and Her Husband’s Disappearance

1864List2721Petersburg Virginia 1864. Single letter four 5 x 8 inch pages folded. Toning and some tears at folds overall excellent condition. M. Herbert Wood c. 1839â€“deceased was an officer of the 23rd Regiment United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War. This regiment which consisted of African-American enlisted men with white officers was part of the 4th Division of the IX Corps organized at Camp Casey Virginia. Wood may also have served in the 25th Ohio regiment. A newspaper account from the time alleges that Wood a Mainer had married an Alabama woman who owned a considerable number of enslaved people and then â€œsold the negroes pocketed the proceeds turned abolitionist abandoned his wife and child and went back to Maineâ€ before joining the Union army.1 Following the Civil War Wood purportedly asked President Andrew Johnson for a position but was denied after testifying that he would side with Congress over the President presumably concerning Reconstruction. This letter to Woodâ€™s sister Mollie is dated July 16 1864 after the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and shortly before the Battle of the Crater in which the 23rd suffered significant casualties. Wood describes the Regimentâ€™s dire financial situation apparently having gone months without pay: â€œI cannot send any money to you in this letter for the simple reason that I have not any myself. We have not been paid since the last day of Feb and there is not an officer in the Regt that has 5 dollars but we shall be paid I hope soon it cannot be very long and I will then send you as much as you need.â€ He also informs Mollie of some sad intelligence about her husband: â€œI do not wish or would not say one single word to injure your feelings but I very much fear that what I told you when we last met at New Berne has proved true. And that you are now a deserterâ€™s wife. I have enquired of a great many officers who know him and to some who are Bro. Masons & have stated circumstances omitting name & place and all agree in saying that you will probably never hear from him again. We may all be mistaken however I hope we are.â€ The Civil War saw quite a high desertion rate on both sides though many men eventually returned to their posts voluntarily or otherwise. 1 â€œA Specimen of the Impeachment of Witnessesâ€ The Louisville Daily Journal April 15 1868. unknown

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PIKE, ZEBULON MONTGOMERY [MAJOR 6TH REGT UNITED STATES INFANTRY]Biblio.com

EXPLORATORY TRAVELS THROUGH THE WESTERN TERRITORIES OF NORTH AMERICA: COMPRISING A VOYAGE FROM ST. LOUIS ON THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE SOURCE OF THAT RIVER AND A JOURNEY THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF LOUISIANA AND THE NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCES OF NEW SPAIN PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1805 1806 1807 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

181149912London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1811. 1811. First edition. First English edition. Substantially reorganized from the 1810 Philadelphia edition. 4to. Quarter polished brown calf and marbled paper over boards marbled front and rear endpapers all edges marbled iii - xx 436 pp. two engraved maps one folding footnotes appendix. Pike's personal journal of the earliest U.S. government expedition to the southwest including one of the first descriptions of Texas in English. Pike explored the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers and reported on the Spanish settlements in New Mexico as well as his account of his expedition to the upper Mississippi in Minnesota. The maps are of the Mississippi and New Mexico and were "the first of this entire region to display knowledge derived from actual exploration and are of outstanding historic interest." Wheat Trans-Mississippi West Maps II pp. 20-21. "The Louisiana Purchase was one of Thomas Jefferson's crowning achievements and in the following four years he commissioned a number of expeditions to explore the largely unknown territory. In 1804 Lewis and Clark ventured westward from St. Louis; Sibley Dunbar and Freeman explored the Spanish border region in Texas; and in 1806 Pike went to explore the southernmost border region north of New Spain. His orders were to explore the Arkansas and Red Rivers but by February of 1807 he had reached the upper reaches of the Rio Grande having missed the Red River entirely: "Spanish authorities learned of his presence and sent a force to arrest him and his men. They were taken to Santa Fe and then sent on to Chihuahua. Pike's maps and papers were confiscated but he managed to retain his diary and journals by secreting them in the gun barrels of his men. Apparently he was able to convince the Spaniards that he had entered New Spain by accident as he was escorted by armed guard through Texas via San Antonio to the Sabine where he was released. He arrived at Natchioches in June 1807 having thus had the opportunity to examine New Mexico and Texas in some detail at the expense of the Spanish government." Jenkins. "In the hierarchy of significant westward expeditions that of Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike 1779-1813 ranks right below that of Lewis and Clark. While his was not the first official reconnaissance of the west he provided 'the earliest official geographical image of the trans-Mississippi West'. Pike's map and journal provided the first authentic information about the Upper Mississippi. On the Conejos River an effluent of the Rio Grande well into Spanish territory Pike boldly constructed a fort. It was at this fort that he was arrested and taken first to Santa Fe and then to Chihuahua for a meeting with Don Nemesio Salcedo the governor of New Spain. The authorities confiscated among other documents a manuscript map of the Santa Fe Trail. While in custody of the Spanish Pike learned 'just how many and what kind of troops the Spanish had on hand to defend the northern provinces' according to William Goetzmann 'and he was well informed on the character and personalities of all the Spanish military leaders. No more successful espionage operation has ever been conducted in recorded American history.' Pike returned from captivity without his sketch maps making the creation of his own map more difficult. He had managed to smuggle traverse tables in the rifle barrels that he and his men were allowed to take with them after being released. These tables enabled him to reconstruct parts of the upper Arkansas and to his credit his map is the first to accurately delineate the Arkansas and its tributaries. Nevertheless large sections of 'A Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana' 1810 were based on Alexander von Humboldt's map. It is paradoxical that Pike who had actually explored the internal part of Louisiana relied on the cartography of Humboldt who had never been there" Cohen. "Pike has been suspected of complicity with the Aaron Burr conspiracy to establish an empire in the Southwest carved from the Spanish provinces of northern Mexico and the western United States but no firm evidence supports those charges. He remained however outspoken in his resistance to the democratization of the army during the Thomas Jefferson administration. Pike published the journals of his explorations in 1810 supplemented with his correspondence with General Wilkinson his speeches to the Indians and detailed descriptions of the land through which he traveled as An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi and through the Western Parts of Louisiana. Appearing as it did four years before the publication of the journals of Lewis and Clark Pike's book provided the American public with its first written description of the trans-Mississippi West. He was killed in action at the storming of York now Toronto Canada on April 27 1813 when the enemies' powder magazine exploded" Handbook of Texas Online. The publication of Pike's reports of the area now occupied by Texas Arkansas and New Mexico encountered similar difficulties to those of Lewis and Clark of their expedition and did not appear in print until three years after Pike's return. However they were well received and the favorable reports of Texas as "one of the richest most prolific and best watered countries in North America" did much to encourage further exploration and expansion." Covers lightly rubbed leather label on the spine is chipped with the loss of four letters former owner's neat bookplate on front pastedown sheet half title not preserved else a very good clean sound copy. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. hardcover

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Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Major 6th Regiment United States InfantryBiblio.com

Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis on the Mississippi to the Source of That River and a Journey through the Interior of Louisiana And the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain Performed in the Years 1805 1806 1807 by Order of the Government of the United States

181154628E-172: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. Very Good. 1811. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Leather. 4to. Printed in London for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown Paternoster-Row. 1811. 436 pgs. Fine folding engraved map "of the Interior of Louisiana with a part of New Mexico" and full-page map of ". The Mississippi River from its source to the Mouth of the Missouri." Bound by in full calf leather. Spine has been rebacked with contemporary leather spine and gilt titled spine label. Boards are scuffed and worn with wear present to the edges of the boards. Small name present to the reverse of the front board. Both maps present however the first map has a small piece missing and has been rebacked with linen. Foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first U. S. Government exploration of the American southwest. In 1805 Wilkinson ordered Pike to find the source of the Mississippi River so Pike traveled into the northern Louisiana Territory newly purchased from France. In 1806 Pike led an expedition to the southwestern borders of the land acquired by the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. One of the most important inland travel narratives giving an account of the South-west including the author's description of his earlier journey to explore the headwaters of the Mississippi. The two maps are among the first of the area executed by a government expedition. After Pike returned from this first expedition General Wilkinson almost immediately ordered him to mount a second expedition this time to explore map and find the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers. Additional objectives of this exploratory expedition into the southwestern part of the Louisiana Territory were to evaluate natural resources and establish friendly relations with Native Americans. Beginning July 15 1806 Pike led what became known as the "Pike Expedition". General Wilkinson's son James served as one of his lieutenants although it now seems that Wilkinson planned that the Spanish who controlled Mexico would capture him and his men. Over 100 years later France released official records showing General Wilkinson received personal trade concessions and thus could be labeled a spy for Spain at the time. Sabin 62837; Howes P373 e-172; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover

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[Civil War] [Union Army] [David Downs] [80th New York Infantry]Biblio.com

December 1862 Union Soldier Letter written somewhere in Virginia

186235710Somewhere in Virginia: n/a 1862. n/a. Letter. Good. Paper. Approximately 9" x 75.". Folded. 3 pages of manuscript. Letter reads with spelling not corrected - December 22 1862 H. B. Briggs: Dear Sir I take time to inform you that I am well and hope these lines will find you the same. As I have always taken you to be a friend to me and still hold the same confidence in you. And As I have many difficulties to incounter here and my wife continues writing to me about the affairs at home. She says the debts that I left her to pay was larger than she expected. She tells me that Cliger Bushnell wants five dollars that I ow'd him. But I thought That I paid all but 4 more dollars that morning I left. But perhaps I mistake and if so I hope you will see to it for I want to pay him all I owe to him. I will write my wife about it. I have many difficulties to incounter here. Albert is sick. I have to take care of him besides all the labor that falls upon me. Besides I left Albert with the baggage wagons that day we cross the Rappahannock River. I was detailed to carry provisions upon the field but we could not hold our ground. The rebels were too strong fortified. We had to retreat in the night. I hope you will write Let me know what the prospects is for our country. You have the chance to be informed better than I do. I have to write upon my knapsak so excuse it. respectfully yours David Downs. These 3 page letter includes the stamped envelope with stamp and Washington D.C. postmark. The envelope is addressed "Mr. H. B. Briggs Westville Green Co. Ny York." Soldier record included with letter indicated David Downs was 38 when enlisted 8/27/1862 at Lexington NY as a Private. On 9/6/1862 he mustered into Company G Co. He was dishcharged on disability 3/16/1864. n/a unknown

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