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18631214<p>Rare Confederate Imprint:</p><p>24 mo. 5 1/2 by 3 3/4 inches 1 preliminary leaf ii </p><p>Three parts in one volume: "Cavalry Tactics For Single Line Formation" 220 pages</p><p>"Evolutions of a Regiment" 104 pages</p><p>"Skirmish Drill for Mounted Troops" 47 pages</p><p>"Bugle Signals" pages 97-108 among them: "To Arms" "The Charge" "Reveille" "Retreat" "Dinner Call" and "Tattoo" all with musical notation</p><p>"Table of Contents" plus Index and "Skirmish Drill For Mounted Troops" xiv pages</p><p>38 plates some folded: diagrams tables and charts.</p><p>Good condition collated perfect in green paper covered boards old blue cloth re-backing with worn black paper label mild foxing to some pages – not affecting contents.</p><p>"Fighting Joe" Wheeler was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army. He was the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater.</p><p>He earned his nickname on the Western frontier where he distinguished himself in skirmishes against Native Americans.</p> S. H. Goetzel, & Co. hardcover
186351386Mobile: S. H. Goetzel 1863. First edition 16mo 3 parts in 1; pp. 2 ii 220; 104; 47 1; 97-108 Bugle Signals; xiv index 2 ads; 38 engraved plates 8 folding; original paper-covered boards rebacked in blue cloth sometime in the 20th century; boards worn text occasionally dampstained and foxed without the front free endpaper and hinges with old archival paper repair; but in all a good sound and compelling copy of a poorly made book. Parrish & Willingham 5116. S. H. Goetzel unknown
1805062123Halifax: Holder & Dowson 1805. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. West York Volunteer Cavalry. The Proceedings and Correspondence of the Halifax Troop of West York Volunteer Cavalry Previous to the Late Court of Inquiry Holden at Leeds the Tenth and Eleventh of October 1805 on the Conduct of Capt. Ingram. To which are added Minutes taken in Court by a Member of the Troop 1st ed. Halifax 1805. A printed booklet recently rebound in black half leather with grey paper covered boards internally in good clean condition. A scarce local military item. Holder & Dowson Hardcover
18632604050021United States Army 1863. First Edition. Manuscripts & Paper Collectibles. Very Good. Signed. Large two sided document. Printed with manuscript names filled in. The first name listed is Colonel Eli Long. This document shows the Colonel Captains Sergeants Lieutenants and the privates. This document shows the pay from October 31st 1863 to December 31st 1863. <br> According to NPS: "On February 23 1863 Long was appointed colonel of the 4th Ohio Cavalry a regiment which recently had surrendered to the Confederate raider Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan. Long improved the morale of the regiment and led it in the Tullahoma Campaign. He commanded the regiment's brigade the 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps of the Department of the Cumberland between March 1863 and August 20 1864 including service at the Battle of Chickamauga. Long was wounded in the left side at the Battle of Farmington Tennessee October 7 1863. He was distinguished in the Atlanta Campaign where he suffered a head wound at the Battle of Jonesboro Georgia August 20 1864 and wounds in the right arm and right thigh at the Battle of Lovejoy's Station Georgia August 21 1864. Long received brevet grade appointments as major lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Regular Army of the United States for "gallant and meritorious services" at the Battle of Farmington and Battle of Fort Sanders Knoxville in Tennessee and Battle of Lovejoy's Station in Georgia respectively. Between November 16 1864 and April 2 1865 Long commanded the 2nd Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Military Division of Mississippi under Major General James H. Wilson. On April 2 1865 during Wilson’s Raid Long was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Selma Alabama. During that battle he led the 2nd Division in a charge upon the entrenchments that resulted in the capture of that town. During the Civil War Long was wounded five times and also cited for gallantry five times. On January 13 1866 President Andrew Johnson nominated Long for appointment to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers United States Army unknown
18851307130010Government Printing Office 1885-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. A quality copy. Publisher's brown boards. 1 p. l. 121 p. illus. 20 folding maps. 24 cm. Clean unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. From Chilkoot Inlet Alaska to Fort Selkirk on Yukon River Alaska. Account of Indian tribes. Senate executive document United States. Congress. Senate 48th Congress 2nd session no. 2. Government Printing Office hardcover
18861188419-1: A. Tacey. 1886. Paperback. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. A. Tacey paperback
18861240910-2: A. Tacey. 1886. Paperback. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. A. Tacey paperback
184735018February 6th 1847. 1847. Very good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling almost 3 sides of a sheet of light gray paper folded once to form 4 sides approximately 7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. The letter has been mounted on a lightly larger sheet of cream-colored stiff paper. Signed "Anglesey" There are a few small ink smudges to the 2nd & 3rd sides. Very good. <p>The letter is addressed to Scottish geologist Sir Roderick Murchison and concerns a publication which Murchison is proposing and how it would be funded. "Some Estimate of the probable cost of money and of time is called for from General Colby and when it is received you shall again hear from me." The reference is probably to General Thomas Frederic Colby a leading geographer who had been director of the Ordnance Survey.<p>Henry Paget 1st Marquess of Anglesey 1768-1854 was a British army officer and politician. After serving as Member of Parliament for Carnarvon and then for Milborne Port he took part in the Flanders Campaign. During the Peninsula War he commanded the cavalry for Sir John Moore's army in Spain and at the Battle of Sahagun virtually destroyed a regiment of French cavalry. He led the charge of the heavy cavalry against Comte d'Erlon's column at the Battle of Waterloo losing part of one of his legs to a cannonball at the end of the battle. In later life he served as Master-General of Ordnance from 1846 to 1852.<p>The Scottish geologist Sir Roderick sometimes as here spelled "Rhoderick" Impey Murchison 1st Baronet 1792-1871 was the first to describe and investigate the Silurian system. During the last decade of his life he chiefly investigated the Highlands of Scotland. Murchison was one of the founders and a president of the Royal Geographical Society and served on the Royal Commission on the British Museum. In 1855 he was appointed director-general of the British Geological Survey and director of the Royal School of Mines and the Museum of Practical Geology in Jermyn Street London. February 6th, 1847. unknown
187453597N. P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1874. 1874. WYOMING TERRITORY. First edition. 8vo. Original printed wrappers 15 pp. large fold-out map. The map traces the route of the Big Horn Expedition. "The Big Horn Expedition of 1874 was a significant military operation involving the United States Army against the Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Wyoming and Montana Territories. This expedition was part of the broader conflicts between the U.S. government and Native American tribes during that period. The operation aimed to assert control over the region and respond to Native American resistance against U.S. expansion and settlement. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills by soldiers under Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer in 1874 intensified these conflicts as the U.S. sought to acquire the land from the Sioux. The expedition solidified Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne resistance against the United States attempt to force them to sell the Black Hills and live on a reservation beginning the Great Sioux War of 1876." This is an account of an expedition in which Buffalo Bill was along as a scout. They were trailing an Indian war party and comment upon seeing buffalo and other types of game. Also included is a tragic account of a private being mauled by a bear. The man died shortly thereafter from his injuries. Spine neatly repaired else a fine bright copy housed in a quarter leather and marbled paper over boards clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. This is a rare item and seldom offered for sale. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1874). hardcover
188934405Jacksboro Texas: J. N. Rogers & Co. Printers 1889. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. viii pages 9-319 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt titles on the front cover and spine. Light rubs to the cloth on the spine and board edges. Corners worn. Small stray pen mark page 9. Light damp stain bottom text edge. Text printed on pink paper is very clean inside. Binding cords visible towards the back but text block is firm and unshaken. Author joined the United States Army shortly after the end of the Civil War. He served in Texas and recounts several events including fights with Native Americans. <br /> <br /> Howes N 39; Adams Herd 1380; Rader 2280; Graff 2579; Jenkins Basic Texas Books 131. J. N. Rogers & Co., Printers hardcover
188535742Boston and New York/ Richmond: Houghton Mifflin/ J. W. Randolph 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 xviii 468 pages 1. Illustrated with steel engraved frontispiece and 7 maps 3 in folding pocket on rear paste down. Gray cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and gilt title on the spine. Gray end papers. Light foxing to the frontispiece title page and foredge. Some light edge wear to the cloth including just inside the covers. Previous owner inscription written on the right front flyleaf - "R. B. Pleasants December 1874" mistaken year written. <br /> <br /> Howes M 41; Nevins II page 73. Houghton Mifflin/ J. W. Randolph hardcover
18755905Dakota Territory 1875. unbound. 2 pages Dakota Territory August 1875. This document -- a Statement of Forage and Straw -- is signed by Captain James S. Poland "J.S. Poland" who served under Reno at Little Big Horn and by Lt. William Badger "W. Badger" a close friend of General Custer and survivor of the Black Hills Campaign. The document lists the amount of oats corn barley hay fodder and straw consumed by the animals at the Standing Rock Reservation in The Dakota Territory. The front cover measures 8.5 x 3.75 inches and folds out to the inner page with lists measuring 16.75 x 11 inches. Natural folds and slight creasing in one spot; near fine condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
185479672Cincinnati: U.P. James 1854. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. Quarterbound buckram over leather spine with gilt lettering. Original Minor age-tanning and staining/tideline throughout and marginal spotting. viii 144 pages. With price of twenty-five cents printed at the top of front wrap. 13 illustrations. Text in double columns. Howes H-767. Graff: 2006. One of the later printings from earlier stereotype plates which had been retained Wagner Camp Becker 134 probably 1854 or after when the James brothers dissolved their business partnership. U.P. James hardcover
189060870New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1890. First Edition. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; vi1-176pp. Slight external wear including some mild rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Internally tight and sound with some marginalia to Contents page and some ink graffiti to rear blanks and endpapers. Early ownership signature "Helen Madzik" to front pastedown. Easily Very Good. <br /> <br /> Huggins a Medal of Honor winner served more than 40 years in the Army retiring in 1903 as a Brigadier General. The title work is a long narrative poem heavy on Native American symbolic elements with a Great Plains setting. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1881000073USA. Good. 1881. Original Cloth. Three curious diaries/logs/journals of Peter H. Grisham mustered out a Corporal of the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry. Peter tends to write front to back and then change back to front in these 'pocketbook' type journal. Peter meanders making observations jotting memories detailing genealogical histories; Mrs. Mary Bevins his sister some famed people he knew through his father and notes the history of the family's steel works is in the snippets to follow. "July 10th 1883. My duties have been arduous have neglected to keep up any diary regularly. I went to Arkansas - last May was a year - via Baltimore Harrisburg Pittsburg Chicago St. Louis by RRs and by Steamer too Memphis by RR to Little Rock Geary Ark. to my sister Mrs. Mary Blevins near Pangburn White Co. Ark" "July 22nd 1883 - Wrote letter to J. Lundy Brotherton Phila. in reply to his in regard to Benj Lundy and Elihu and Elijah Embree who printed published the 1st Emancipation newspaper in the US States some 50 years ago.took me to clerk at his great ironworks in 1838.I stayed at his house as a clerk near six years and was present when he died." "About six years ago Bridget an Irish girl that sews for them that G. Eaton was paymaster general under Genl Scott killed himself before this: he ran away with the granddght of his 1st wife. Col. Clark.knows of it." July 29th 1883 Alexandria Va. This ancient city is still inhabited by many of the old Virginia Aristocracy who own the best of the property. The city was mostly of the tory sort I believe in the days of Washington - who attended Church here in the same building I did today.That it sympathised with England and the King may be inferred from the names of the streets - King St. Queen St. Prince.It was also a strong rebel city during the late war sending about a thousand soldiers into the rebel army under Genl R.E. Lee who lived a few miles above opposite the city of Washington. The pocketbook has a page or two missing one hinge is loose is written in pencil blue crayon and pen. A number of pages are financial - stock holdings monies loaned and repaid. Some more legible than others especially the log parts where he has crossed out information that was no longer relelvant. 50pp. Diary for 1881 also a pocketbook style tells the long tale of the death of Catherine M. Melville and other historically relevant events for Washington City DC as he writes. 20pp.Diary for 1890 is for the most part very much like the others.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Genealogy Tennessee Washington Dc Alexandria Virginia Americana Civil War . hardcover
18451125558325London: Parker Furnivall and Parker 1845. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Rev Edit. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. blue blind-stamped cloth.51 pages .illustrated 2 full page plates title page vignette marbled end papers marbled edges RARE. in near fine condition. Parker, Furnivall and Parker Hardcover
187911869Augusta ME: George E. Nason Printer 1879. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Octavo 77pp. A clean sound very good copy in the publisher's printed wraps. Long tear and crease to the rear wrap with one small hole affecting the last leaf with no text. Two contemporary library labels internally not at all offensive. A vanishingly scarce volume recording the proceedings of some early reunions of the First Maine Cavalry regiment. Detailed reminiscences of the war make up much of the contents as well as some soldier-authored poetry and some administrative business. As with many cavalry regiments the First Maine saw significant action from the beginning to the end of the war at too many battles to list but including at Gettysburg and in Sheridan's final campaign through Virginia. OCLC notes a single holding at AAS. Ephemeral and considerably rarer than the two regularly published regimental histories of the regiment which both command strong prices in the rare book market. George E. Nason, Printer unknown
186331425New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. viii 352 pages. Green pebble cloth hardcover with new paper title label on spine. Front and rear hinges repaired. Front joint repaired. A label on the front paste down was removed. Blind embossed stamp of "Robert X. McNeely" located on the copyright page. Old ink inscription from 1913 on the front blank end sheet. This book was first published in London in the same year and included a map and 10 plates. <br /> <br /> Howes E 203 - "This Hungarian imposter claiming to having been a Confederate cavalry colonel was a non-combatant hospital orderly." Nevins I page 86 - "A purported history of the first campaign in the East by a Hungarian soldier of fortune who alledgely joined the Southern forces. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
186223879.02<p><b>COMPANY D 1st VERMONT CAVALRY. CIVIL WAR.</b> Manuscript Document Signed June 1862: List of clothing distributed to 54 men including 25 caps 24 blouses 50 trousers 66 flannel shirts 15 drawers 19 bootees 69 stockings and 3 blankets. <b>Each row signed by the soldier who received the items</b>. 1 p. 15½ x 23¾ in. </p><p>"<i>We the undersigned Non Commissioned Officers Artificers Musicians & Privates of Company 'D' 1st Vt Cavalry do acknowledge to have received of Capt. A. W. Preston the articles of Clothing set oposite our respective names</i>"</p><p><b>Soldiers included:</b></p><p>Jacob Trussell Rodney Eames</p><p>Harrison B. Michell James Esdon</p><p>Josiah H. Moore Samuel L. Higgins</p><p>George P. Blair Orin S. Hendrick</p><p>George C. C. Clemment Azro H. Kinerson</p><p>Horace Ide Harvey A. Marckres</p><p>Barney Decker Arthur Murray</p><p>George A. Austin John Morse</p><p>Dan Adams Henry A. Moore</p><p>Harvey Bickford Kyron Morrill</p><p>William Buck Warren Norris</p><p>B. H. Bard Elijah C. Page</p><p>Bartlett S. Bard Francis Rowell</p><p>John A. Beaton L. S. F. Reed</p><p>George F. Bennett Curtis L. Stacy</p><p>Austin A. Bailey Edwin W. Southworth</p><p>C. W. Clifford Martin V. B. Vance</p><p>Ansen L. Chandler John Woodard</p><p>Loren Chase Jr. William Woodard</p><p>Antipas H. Curtis signed with mark John Woodbury</p><p>Milo J. Corliss Fernal H. Webber</p><p>Consealer F. Durlam William Wheaton</p><p>John S. Coombs Mark M. Wheeler</p><p>James Davis James Wright</p><p>John C. Gracy Darwin J. Wright</p><p>Joseph W. Gordon Died J. Hale Powers</p><p>Patrick C. Gilligan Charles Knapp</p>
1862126661862. Eight page Civil War date congressional document titled "Report of The Secretary of War" regarding the cavalry forces of the United States. 9.75" x 5.75. 1862. The subject writes: "A resolution of the Senate of the 29th of January in relation to the number of troops raised for the service of the United States in each State of the Union." 7 of the pages show a table of the number of cavalry forces and their ranks from each state it reads "Report of the cavalry forces of the United States furnished in compliance with letter of Captain George D. Ruggles assistant adjutant general of Febrary 14 1862." Overall very good condition with minor wear to edges. unknown
1896152509Bruxelles : J. B. Stephens 1896. First Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in the original blind tooled pebbled cloth. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Ex-libris copy with minor internal marks remaining. ; 61 pages; Description: 61 p. : ill. some foldng ; 15 cm. Subjects: Explosives --Tactics --Warfare. Lieutenant Piret's copy with signature. Bruxelles : J. B. Stephens hardcover
1854025835UK 1854. First Edition . Paper. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. An Original Handwritten Letter from the Crimean War in the hand and signed by a Captain in the Cavalry H E Weares to Adjutant General Wetherall. Dated 1854. A letter stating that a return needs to be sent to Adjutant General's Office sharing the number of men that were out of ranks on the day of the battle. General George Wetherall 1788-1868 was a senior British Army officer. General Wetherall is most famous for his services during the rebellion in Canada of 1837/38 during which he was the Commander of the Royals' 2nd battalion in the Battle of Saint-Charles a battle part of the Lower Canada Rebellion fought on 25 November 1837 between Great Britain and Lower Canada Patriote rebels. Condition is good. Folding crease. More images can be taken upon request. Size is 165mm x 205mm <br/> <br/> unknown
1887108433Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1887. Magazine. Battles & Leaders of the Civil War; 9 x 11; 40 pages; Very nice condition with illustrations . Century Company unknown
1899020109NY: Harper & Bros. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit darkened. ; Fold-out map; 187 pages . Harper & Bros. hardcover