‎Guerre‎

‎Guerra Francisco‎

‎Historia de la materia medica Hispano-Anmericana y Filipina en la epoca colonial‎

‎Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado 1973. Afrodisio Aguado unknown books‎

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‎Revolutionary War‎

‎Third Congress of the United States 1794 Formalizes Pensions for the First Ever American Veterans‎

‎United States Congress Third Congress of the United States: At the First Session Begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania on Monday the second of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives. that the Secretary for the Department of War be and he is hereby directed to make out an exact list of the names of each person returned to him . under the Act of Congress. intituled sic "An act to provide for the settlement of claims of widows and orphans. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine 1794. Broadside. Approved June 9th 1794 and signed in type: "Go: Washington President of the United States" "Ralph Izard President of the Senate" and "Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg Speaker the House". One sheet 8" x 13.25" inches. First Edition. Over a quarter of a million Americans served in the Revolutionary War without promise of any benefit after being discharged. General Washington lobbied tirelessly for a pension for military servicemen though it represented an enormous expense to the new nation. The introduction of pensions for disabled veterans and for the widows or children of men killed in combat was an enormous step for the new United States. The statute mandated that the courts determine the monthly payments owed to the veterans based on their degree of disability and states that pension applicants must bring the necessary evidence swear under oath before a judge or other such authorized person and then sent to the Secretary of War who was authorized to reject claims if he suspected "imposition or mistake." In addition to the thousands of soldiers newly eligible two women as well received veteran's pensions for their role in the American Revolution: Margaret Corbin famously called "Molly Pitcher and Deborah Sampson who disguised herself as a man in order to participate in combat. This broadside is very rare-- only two copies of this edition are held at any institutions per OCLC Worldcat. Some toning and wear to edges and small inked consecutive numerals at upper margin of each item likely from a prior collation. In very good condition. unknown books‎

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‎Civil War Newspaper‎

‎Our troops attacked and routed the enemy.‎

‎Vintage newspaper printed during the Civil War. The New York Times December 13 1864 issue New York NY. The entire front page of this historic war-dated paper has stories of the War including "The War in Tennessee." In part: ".Seventy-four shots were fired at it doing however no damage.Our troops attacked and routed the enemy. The Federal loss was four killed and forty wounded. The enemy's loss is unknown." Slight wear and light foxing. Overall in excellent condition. unknown books‎

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‎Sherman Civil War‎

‎Sherman's Attack -- Original Newspaper‎

‎Historic Civil War newspaper . The New York Times October 7 1864 issue New York NY. The first front-page story is on a clash between rebel forces and Sherman's garrison at Allatoona. In part: "At 6 o'clock yesterday morning the enemy attacked with artillery and infantry . every move of the enemy was handsomely repulsed with severe loss to the rebels. leaving their dead and 400 to 600 wounded in our possession." Front page is war-related. Slight wear small tears and stains around the edges. In very good condition. unknown books‎

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‎Women Medical Civil War‎

‎Letter to a Woman on Donations for a "floating hospital" on a Steamer for Civil War Soldiers‎

‎CIVIL WAR. Western Sanitary Commission. YEATMAN JAMES E. letter to Miss Mary E. Howe in Cambridge Massachusetts. Bureau of Western Sanitary<br/>Commissions. St. Louis Missouri. April 2 1862. 8.25 x 8.5 inches folded in half. 4 pp. Postal cover 3c Washington postage stamp cancelled Saint Louis .<br/><br/>Detailed and interesting letter from James Yeatman of the Western Sanitary Commission who thanks Miss Howe for sending her box of clothes and reports that "we are progressing fairly with our work and each day something new is developed that requires renewed efforts--we really fear that the public and our good friends will tire of our repeated appeals . so far they have responded in a most liberal manner . " He discusses the case of the one hospital steamer they have; he notes it has three surgeons twelve male and five female nurses. Yeatman speaks of the generous contributions of the "ladies of New England especially Massachusetts" and the hopes he has for a second floating hospital. He notes that a major battle is imminent in the Tennessee area and speaks of sending supplies. He thanks her for directing the attendance of Mr. Bernard to his commission and finally asks for more clothes including vests and pants.<br/><br/>"Miss Howe" the recipient of the letter was Mary Eleanor Howe who was born June 27 1817 in Worthington Massachusetts. Her father was Judge Samuel Estes Howe 1785-1828 a noted abolitiionist. Her mother was Sarah Lydia Robbins. Mary Eleanor never married but lived witH her mother and school teacher sister and servants in Cambridge until her death on August 13 1897. She is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. http://www.cambridgehistory.org/content/dr-estes-howe-citizencambridge The Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18 1861 to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army during the Civil War. It enlisted thousands of volunteers many of whom were women.<br/>The Western Sanitary Commission of which Yeatman was president was a private agency based in St. Louis and operated in the west to help the Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. Led by abolitionists it focused more. on the needs of Freedmen. It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Fremont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot 1811-1887 as well as James E. Yeatman 1818--1901 . Born in Tennessee Yeatman moved to St. Louis in 1842 and established a branch of a Nashville iron manufacturing facility. In 1850 he opened a commission house and became one of the founders of the Merchants' Bank. Though once a slave holder Yeatman was a strong supporter of the Union cause. A major activity of the Western Sanitary Commission was acquiring adequate stocks of medicines and medical supplies for the hospitals run by the U.S. Army. Working with Dorothea Dix he also took charge of finding women to be civilian nurses and nurses' aides in Army facilities. unknown books‎

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‎Civil War Letter‎

‎1864 Civil War dated letter " the union folks will give the rebels such a thraching that they never will need an other.‎

‎Civil War dated letter from Grizzly Bear HouseCA from Northern sympathizer who writes to his sister in Michigan in July of 1864. He writes on the civil war but also learns of his father's death. He writes in part : "The news from the war is verry good but some what to slow to suit me but I don't know as I ought to complain for the hart I take in it is not very hard just pay taxes and stay at home well taxes is one necessary part of the war and some one has to fight while others pay but I do hope our folks that is the union folks will give the rebels such a thrashing that they never will need an other and then there will be peace at home and abroad" The Letter is signed: "From your Brother John." The letter has a few splits at folds also minor creases otherwise in very good condition. Original Envelope with stampis included. unknown books‎

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‎Secretary of War‎

‎OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER FOR 1851‎

‎Washington: Adjutant General's Office 1851. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Sewn paperback. Minor loss and beginning of separation at the head and tail of the spine. With no marks; overall in Very Good condition. Very Good binding. Adjutant General's Office unknown books‎

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‎Roosevelt Franklin War Department Army Service Forces‎

‎ALBUM OF SILVER GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE NEW YORK PORT OF EMBARKATION c.1943 - 1944‎

‎Album of 143 silver gelatin photographs largely 33 x 26.5 cm or the reverse printed on a warm and cold tone photographic stock dry mounted on album leaves 40.6 x 38 cm recto only with printed captions. Full blue morocco covers lined in blue silk gathered with screw posts and bearing the silver insignia of the Army Services Forces and imprinted "Franklin D. Roosevelt." Very good. Laid-in is a TLs from Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell on the letterhead of the War Department Army Service Forces Office of the Commanding General dated 21 October 1944: Dear Mr. President: I felt that you would be sure to be interested in this pictorial story of the Army's activities at the New York Port of Embarkation. At no other point are so many of the Army's activities concentrated. The pictures I believe will tell you the story without any further words from me." The photographs depict the full logistical operations of the New York port including machinery munitions troops and transport and range from broad views of the port to portraits of the troops. The photographic style is largely of the modernist mode with strong diagonals aerial views at off-kilter angles and close-ups of machinery and large equipment. <br/><br/>Although the photographers are not identified there is a very strong resemblance to the work of Margaret Bourke-White who did make an official portrait of General Somervell and was enlisted by the General to photograph the logistics of the North African and Italian theater in 1943; "My assignment to Italy was an unusual one. A request for my services came from the Pentagon.the Army Service Forces under General Brehon Somervell. I was pleased to learn that it was my ability to photograph engineering subjects that impelled General Somervell to ask for me. As before with the Air Force my work was for both Life and the Pentagon. This was an assignment of great scope that would give me a look at the war from many aspects." Bourke-White Margaret. PORTRAIT OF MYSELF. NY 1963. p.235. Further when LIFE Magazine published Bourke-White's photo essay January 10 1944 the introduction states: "The pictures on these pages taken by LIFE photographer Margaret Bourke-White in the United States and North Africa show the tremendous size of the job done by the ASF and the variety of items it supplies."<br/><br/>Many of these images have been digitized and are made available online from a disbound copy in the Robert P. Patterson Collection at the Library of Congress. Robert Porter Patterson Sr. 1891 - 1952 was the United States Under Secretary of War under President Franklin Roosevelt and the United State Secretary of War under President Truman from September 27 1945 to July 18 1947. One could presume that other copies of this album were distributed to others in the cabinet of President Roosevelt. <br/><br/> unknown books‎

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‎War of 1812: Brown Jacob Gen.‎

‎MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED FROM GEN. JACOB BROWN TO JOSHUA HATHEWAY IN ROME NEW YORK DESCRIBING THE ATTACK ON SACKETS HARBOR‎

‎Sackets Harbor N.Y. 1813. 1p. manuscript letter signed docketed on verso. Folio. Old fold lines. Some separation at folds; one tear closed with archival tape. Lightly soiled. Good. An eyewitness account of the second battle of Sackets Harbor on the shores of Lake Ontario from the commander of the American forces there Gen. Jacob Brown to his friend Joshua Hatheway quartermaster general and formerly the commander of the defenses at Sackets Harbor. The town situated near the entrance to the St. Lawrence River at the far eastern end of Lake Ontario and opposite the Canadian town of Kingston was a vital defensive point for the Americans challenging British control of the St. Lawrence and the lake and preventing a British thrust into New York State. If either side could control both sides of the entrance to the St. Lawrence they could control the Upper Great Lakes. Taking advantage of the American action against York which drew troops away to the western end of the Lake the British decided to strike. On May 28 1813 the British Great Lakes squadron under the command of James Yeo appeared off Sackets Harbor carrying troops under the command of the governor-general Lieut. Gen. George Prevost. Having been forewarned by several men who escaped the Battle of Henderson Bay the previous day the Americans had some time to reinforce their defenses before the British could attack. The British landed on the 28th but launched their main attack the next morning. They easily routed the American militia but the regulars under Brown were able to fight off repeated attacks on their fortifications. Prevost fearing the arrival of more American troops ordered a retreat which nearly became a rout. Brown was the hero of the day and was later rewarded with a commission as brigadier general. He must have immediately written this letter describing the action. This appears to be written in a secretarial hand and signed by Brown himself. The letter states: "Dr. Sir I received an order some days since from Genl Dearborn to take comm. at this Post. Comd. Chauncey is up the lake. We were this morning attacked as day dawned by Sir George Prevost in person who made good his landing with at least a thousand picked men. Sir James Yeo commanded the fleet after loosing some distinguished officers and of course some gallant men. Our loss is very severe as to the quality of those who have fallen. The enemy left many of their wounded on the Field - but I have no doubt carried off many more. We shall probably be again attacked as Sir George must feel very sore. All I can say is whatever may be the result we will not be disgraced." A superb battlefield letter reporting on one of the most significant military actions of the War of 1812. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : WRCAM41998

‎French and Indian War: Brasier William after Diedrich Brehm‎

‎PLAN OF THE FORT AT DE TROIT manuscript title‎

‎Albany 1761. Manuscript plan in pen and ink with watercolor on four conjoined sheets of paper 21 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches signed at lower right "W.B. Albany Augt. 18th 1761." Old folds minor edge wear light soiling a few unobtrusive minor repairs to verso. Very good. A beautifully-rendered pen ink and watercolor plan of Fort Detroit executed by noted cartographer William Brasier for his commander General Jeffrey Amherst in Albany in 1761. It depicts Fort Detroit just months after it was ceded from New France to Great Britain and very much as it would look for the next four years. This version of Detroit would hold strong against Pontiac and his warriors throughout their barrage in the summer of 1763. <br> <br> William Brasier produced this plan after an original drawn the year before by Lieutenant Diedrich Brehm which was also presented to Amherst some months earlier in February 1761. Brehm had accompanied Robert Rogers from Detroit to New York in late 1760 and early 1761 and arrived at Amherst's command in New York with his plan of Detroit in tow. It is here in Albany where Brasier used Brehm's plan to create the present depiction. <br> <br> Like Brehm's plan Brasier's version presents Fort Detroit as a long roughly rectangular-shaped settlement populated with about seventy mostly-unidentified buildings colored in light red-brown. The names of north and south streets are labeled according to their orientation; this was just the second time the first being on Brehm's map that these streets were identified in print. The fort is shown just off the banks of what is now the Detroit River; a handwritten notation in the water reads "The Streight is about 900 Yards wide here." <br> <br> Brasier includes a "Reference" key at bottom left which identifies six of the buildings and other locations on the plan namely the "King's Powder Magazine" the powder magazine belonging to the inhabitants of the fort the block-houses "The Cavalier" the church and the "Commandant's Garden." This is down from nine locations in a similar key on Brehm's plan. Brasier's plan of Detroit was featured in Brian Leigh Dunnigan's FRONTIER METROPOLIS: PICTURING EARLY DETROIT 1701- 1838 and Dunnigan illuminates the reasoning behind Brasier's elimination of some of these locations: <br> <br> "Brasier's title 'Plan of the Fort at De Troit' does not reveal why it was drawn but the work is not an exact copy of Brehm's original. The differences lie in the west end of the town where all of the buildings shown by Brehm along both sides of the 'Rue neueve St. Germain' have been deleted. These stood within the space gained when Captain Belestre enlarged the stockade during 1758- 59 and it is likely that Brasier's copy relates to the controversy over ownership of those properties. At least twelve grants were made within the town by Captain Belestre during 1758-59 and most were in the area of expansion at the western end of the stockade. Before it had been incorporated into the town however that land was part of the Domain surrounding the fort and was thus the property of the French king. British officers questioned whether Captain Belestre had the authority to grant lots there to individuals. If not the land was rightly the property of King George III." <br> <br> Brasier also followed Brehm by including a "Profil sic of the Stockade" and an elevated depiction of the fort titled "View from the West." The stockade profile is a detailed depiction of the construction of Detroit's main defensive apparatus. The view of the city is considered the "first look at the town of Detroit in other than a ground plan or a map" according to Dunnigan. The perspective of this view was intended to be that of Rogers' troops as they faced the main gate upon arrival at the fort. The tops of many of the buildings including Belestre's own house peek over the tops of the surrounding stockade. The view also makes clear the reality of the uneven ground upon which Fort Detroit was built; the ground swells from left to right to about the middle of the fort then pitches downward again towards the river at right before plunging down to the river banks just outside the stockade walls. <br> <br> William Furness Brasier 1689-1775 was a draftsman in the engineer's office of General Amherst's command post at the time he executed the present plan of Fort Detroit. He was also a prolific and exacting cartographer who produced well-regarded maps of Lake Champlain the upper Hudson River valley and the Mississippi River as well as impressive plans of Fort Ticonderoga Fort Ontario Fort George Mobile and Pensacola and St. Augustine Florida. <br> <br> The whereabouts of this plan were unknown to Dunnigan at the time he published FRONTIER METROPOLIS. The plan remained in the collection of General Jeffrey Amherst and descended through his family until it was bought by Charles Sessler for H. Richard Dietrich at Sotheby's sale of the Earl of Amherst's collection July 4 1967 lot 494. It has been in the Dietrich American Foundation ever since. Brian Leigh Dunnigan FRONTIER METROPOLIS: PICTURING EARLY DETROIT 1701-1838 Detroit: Wayne State University 2001 p.55 figure 4.5. Sotheby's & Co. CATALOGUE OF AMERICANA VOYAGES AND TRAVEL ATLASES AND MAPS London: Sotheby's July 4 1967 pp.102-03. unknown books‎

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‎Davis Jefferson Secretary of War and A. A. Humphreys‎

‎Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Rairoad from the Mississippi River to thye Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-54. Twelve volumes bound in thirteen complete.‎

‎Washington D. C.: A.O.P. Nicholson 1855 - 1860. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. Rebound in quarter black cloth and marbled paper boards brown paper label on spine printed in black and white. Volumes 1 2 11 map volume and 12 part I are Senate issues; the rest are House of Representative issues.Observations on condition: VOLUME FOUR; 21 of the black and white lithographic plates foxed more heavily than the rest. VOLUME FIVE; 7 of the colored lithographic views foxed more than the rest one plate loose. VOLUME SEVEN; waterstain to the first eighty-three pages affecting the upper perimeter of the text and eight color lithographic views. VOLUME TEN; slight foxing to four color bird lithographs and overall foxing to one black and white reptile lithographs and minor overall spot foxing to several black and white reptile and fish lithographs. VOLUME ELEVEN the upper and lower folds of the maps have some wear weathering and separation. The fore edge folds are clean and strong. VOLUME TWELVE BOOK TWO; two black and white rodent lithographs heavily foxed one black and white fish lithographs heavily foxed with minor scattered foxing to several others. <br/><br/> A.O.P. Nicholson hardcover books‎

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‎Spanish American War‎

‎Typed Letter of Commendation for Sergeant Major George J. Oden of the 36th Infantry‎

‎Manila 1900. Very good. Typed letter signed 1p. Typed on thin paper. Folded. A true copy of a typed letter by Gen. J.F. Bell that recommends Sgt. Maj. George J. Oden of the 36th Volunteer Infantry for a Certificate of Merit for gallantry during an engagement with Insurgents native Filipinos who rebelled against American rule after Spain ceded the islands to the United States in the mountains near Mangaterem on November 28 1899 during the Spanish-American War. According to the text of the letter "When the attack was finally made he tore down the mountain side at the head of a half dozen men into the midst of a large number of Insurgents shooting right and left and displaying great fearlessness and gallantry. He was foremost of all and seemingly tireless flew down the rough trail finally winding up at the bottom chasing all he could see alone. His enthusiasm and unconscious fearlessness was something pleasant to see." Certified as a true copy of the letter by a Buffalo Soldier a First Lieutenant in the 10th U.S. Cavalry. unknown books‎

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‎GUERRA Aloysii‎

‎Pontificiarum Constitutionum In Bullariis Magno Et Romano Contentarum.‎

‎Venice: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772. First. hardcover. very good. Volumes I & II out of four. Title page vignettes Volume I title in red & black; minor worming & foxing; llibrary mark eradicated from the bottom of each title page. Folio contemporary limp vellum; stained. Venetiis: Heredis Nicolai Pezzana 1772.<br/><br/> First edition of Guerra's edition of the Luxemburg Bullarium one of the most famous editions of papal bulls.<br/><br/> Heredis Nicolai, Pezzana unknown books‎

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‎CIVIL WAR LINDENKOHL Adolph‎

‎Northern Mississippi and Alabama‎

‎Washington 1864. Folded map 24 x 33 inches in thirty-two segments mounted on linen. Original card covers with printed paper label. Contemporary ownership inscription on label. Some light wear and minor soiling. Detailed field map for the Union Army in Northern Mississippi and Alabama.<br/> <br/>A highly detailed map of the northern half of Mississippi and Alabama showing the border with Tennessee and all points south to Vicksburg and Montgomery produced to support the operations of the Union Army there in 1864. This is one of several maps compiled by the U.S. Coast Survey in an attempt to adequately map the South during the Civil War for military purposes. A note on the map indicates that the present map was compiled from various sources including "campaign maps and information furnished by Capt. O.M. Poe Chief Engineer Military Division of the Mississippi and by Capt. W.E. Merrell Chief Engineer Department of the Cumberland." Merrill was Sherman's chief topographical engineer and he contributed to several important maps of the area including one of Northern Georgia produced in Chattanooga following the vital capture of that city. With the beginning of the Civil War the United States Army found itself scrambling to obtain adequate field maps for military operations in the South. The most established cartographic branch of the Government the Coast Survey was pressed into service to provide these maps some with a coastal component but mainly for landlocked locations. The cartographers of the Coast Survey reviewed all of the existing cartography available but also drew on military and scouting reports and covert agents to assemble the most detailed possible maps of places roads railroads natural features. The topography is illustrated with hachured and shaded relief and railroads shown in red. The circulation of these maps was controlled and only officers ranking major or higher were supposed to control copies. As a result they are rare today. Two key figures in the Coast Survey effort during the War were Henry Lindenkohl and his brother Adolph who were responsible for actually drawing many of the field maps. The Lindenkohls were born in Germany but emigrated to the United States as teenagers and became American citizens. Adolph had already worked at the Coast Survey before the War began and Henry joined in 1861. Together they made a huge contribution to the war effort through their superb cartographic work producing and revising maps of different theatres of operations through 1865. Both continued with the survey for the rest of their lives; Adolph died in 1904 after fifty years on the job and Henry in 1920 after fifty-nine. This map has the ownership inscription of Col. Joseph Corson Read 1831-1889. Read was one of the first wave of men to take up Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion in April 1861. He remained continuously in the army serving first on General Jesse Reno's staff and rising to the rank of Chief Commissary for the Army of the Cumberland commanded by Gen. George H. Thomas. Thomas was impressed with Read and on May 1 1864 with the spring campaign against Atlanta imminent Thomas named Read Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland in the Field. This meant that although Col. A.P. Porter was the Army's overall chief Read would serve alongside Thomas in the field and had the responsibility to supply the entire army as it moved South. During the long and arduous Atlanta campaign he was the man on the ground making the supply side work. Read developed a close relationship with Thomas one with both personal and professional aspects. An important map of Northern Mississippi and Alabama particularly interesting as part of the greater project undertaken by the Coast Survey to map out the South during the Civil War and with excellent provenance and associations. unknown books‎

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‎CIVIL WAR Amiel Weeks WHIPPLE 1818 1863‎

‎Copy of an Unfinished Map of a Portion of the Military Department of North Eastern Virginia and Fort Monroe compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers War Department from the best and latest authorities .‎

‎Washington: Bureau of Topographical Engineers 1861. Sun printed i.e. photozincographed map after the original manuscript routes of railroads and canals hand-coloured 44 x 51 1/2 inches dissected into 24 sections and linen-backed as issued. Manuscript annotations in pencil by J. J. Young. Modern blue morocco-backed box. Provenance: Descendants of Amiel Weeks Whipple. Incredible Civil War map of Virginia produced by the Corps of Topographical Engineers for use by Union officers in the field.<br/> <br/>A highly important military map of Northern Virginia made for the use of the Union Army in the early days of the Civil War by an important military cartographer. The present map depicts Virginia as far north as Fredericksburg as far south as the North Carolina border and as far west as Charlottesville with detail including towns roads waterways and railroads. A statement on the map cites the U.S. Coast surveys and the Boye map of Virginia as sources in addition to surveys conducted by the Corps of Topographical Engineers. The map was completed within a month of the first major battle of the war the Battle of Bull Run fought on July 21 1861. The failure of the Union forces there made it clear that the war was not going to be resolved easily and quickly. Although not named as the cartographer the present map can be attributed to Amiel Weeks Whipple. During the 1850s Whipple became one of the most accomplished surveyors in the Corps of Topographical Engineers leading explorations for the transcontinental railroad. Captain Whipple was immediately ordered to report to the Chief of Topographical Engineers in Washington. There was then a dearth of maps giving any but the most meagre of information concerning the State of Virginia and to him as Chief of Topographical Engineers of the defenses of Washington South of the Potomac was entrusted the very challenging duty of making armed reconnaissances to collect the topographical details required. It was hazardous work in a country thickly wooded in places where small bodies of men could be concealed with absolute impunity; and the first skirmishes of the war such as that at Fairfax Court House were fought during its continuance. The work however was successfully and very quickly done and reliable maps were soon in possession of the Union commanders" Stoddard. Attribution of this map to Whipple can also be determined by a very similar map though focussed on Fairfax Loudoun and Prince William Counties which identifies Whipple as the source for the manuscript drawn by Civil Engineer J. J. Young see Stephenson 536.6. That map is in essence the companion to the present map i.e. showing the northern regions of Virginia not shown on this map. The handwriting of the manuscript used for that map and the present map are identical suggesting both to have been drawn by Young. Interestingly the present map includes pencil annotations again in the same hand see for example the naming of the branches of the Elizabeth River near Norfolk. That this map was done specifically for use in the field is suggested by the hurried process of its production. Rather than taking the time to have the map lithographed or engraved a sun print process was used to duplicate the original manuscript. Sun prints also called photozincography were developed in Great Britain in the mid-19th century to reproduce maps created during the Ordnance Survey. In this photographic process a negative is made of the original using a wet plate collodion method which is then exposed onto a thin sheet coated with a saturated potassium bichromate solution and transferred to a zinc plate coated in ink and put through a press. The present copy descended in the family of Whipple and includes a manuscript presentation below the cartouche "To accompany letter to / dated Bureau of Topogl. Eng.s Augt 1861." The name of the recipient is not filled in suggesting that Whipple kept this copy for himself. The map is very rare with OCLC citing but three known examples.<br/> <br/>Stephenson Civil War Maps 451.6; Francis R. Stoddard "Amiel Weeks Whipple" in Chronicles of Oklahoma vol. 28 Autumn 1950. Bureau of Topographical Engineers unknown books‎

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‎CIVIL WAR W. E. MERRILL‎

‎Map of Northern Georgia made under the Direction of Capt. W. E. Merrill‎

‎Chattanooga 1864. Lithographed folding map sectioned and linen-backed as issued. Original card covers printed paper label. In a modern folding morocco-backed box. A remarkable Union Army field map printed for Sherman's operations in Georgia.<br/> <br/>A highly detailed map of the northern part of Georgia made under the direction of Capt. W. E. Merrill Chief Topographical Engineer of the Army of the Cumberland. The map shows all the major roads and rail lines in addition to natural topographical features in northern Georgia. The map extends as far north as Chattanooga near the Georgia/Tennessee state line and far enough south and east to include the northwest sixth of the state. The capture of Chattanooga in November 1863 gave the Union the foothold they needed to cut off supply lines and advance into the deep South. In the spring of 1864 the forces under Gen. William T. Sherman were poised to strike. As soon as Chattanooga was taken Sherman's chief topographical engineer Capt. William E. Merrill "the most innovative and conscientious exponent of mapping during the Civil War" began to compile a map of northwest Georgia. Merrill had his own complete establishment for map production -- a printing press lithographic presses and draughtsmen. Equally importantly Merrill's assistant Sgt. N. Finnegan developed an extraordinary body of intelligence drawing on spies prisoners refugees peddlars itinerant preachers and scouts what Merrill called "his motley crew". All of this information was digested by Merrill day by day until he was notified that the campaign would begin within the week. At this point the topographers finished their work and two hundred copies were produced mounted on linen for field use and distributed to field commanders down to the brigade level. In five months Merrill and his men had produced a remarkably accurate map of country that lay mostly behind enemy lines. The Merrill map was a critical aid to Sherman's campaigns in Georgia. Five days after the map was completed on May 7 Sherman's army left Chattanooga and began its hard-fought push to the southeast slowly driving the Confederates back to the railroad hub of Atlanta which is in the lower right quadrant of this map. In a campaign of continual attempts by both armies to outflank each other the understanding of the ground it would have brought the Union commanders was invaluable. Sherman took possession of Atlanta in September and used it as a base of operations for the next two and a half months while he raided in every direction all within the boundaries of this map. On November 15 the Federal forces burned the city cut loose from their rail communications with Chattanooga and began the famous March to the Sea heading east toward Savannah burning and pillaging everything in their path. About a week later they moved off the east edge of this map. An examination shows why this map would have been an invaluable aid to the Union commanders in the Georgia campaign. It details topography rivers existing roads and railroads towns and other features on a very small scale of four miles to the inch. Conveying the latest in Union military intelligence and combining new and existing information it would have guided Sherman and his officers through eight months of the hardest-fought campaigning of the entire Civil War. A triumph of coordinated intelligence and map-making it is one of the most remarkable cartographic productions of the Civil War. Indeed it might be called the "Holster Atlas" of the Georgia campaign.<br/> <br/>Stephenson Civil War Maps in the Library of Congress S28-29; Miller Great Maps of the Civil War p.39. unknown books‎

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‎World War II‎

‎Real Photo Postcard of US Navy Personnel Setting Up Targets Mid-Ocean‎

‎Black & white; postally unused; light wear; no date but circa 1940s; 2 pinholes at top and bottom of card unobtrusive; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15687

‎Mexican American War‎

‎Batalla de la Angostura. El Corresponsal del Ejercito Numeros 19 20 21 22 y 23‎

‎Mexico City 1847. Good plus. 202pp. Large folio. Original printed wrappers bound in contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in recent morocco gilt leather spine label all edges marbled. Numerous additional blank leaves bound in. Rubbing and scuffing to boards moderate edge wear; wraps with repaired chips and tears. Early 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown small ink stamps scattered throughout. A couple of short repaired edge tears internally; light tanning and foxing. A rare Mexican view of the defeat suffered by forces under the command of Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista at the hands of Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. The battle occurred in late February 1847 when Santa Anna freshly recalled from exile in Cuba rushed his new army north to halt the southern advance of Taylor's forces from Texas. Taylor had already been victorious at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and had captured Monterrey and Saltillo before much of his army was sent to assist in the invasion of Veracruz being prepared by Winfield Scott. When Santa Anna attacked the American forces dug in at Buena Vista south of Saltillo on February 22nd he did so with an army far superior numerically but also one far less trained and experienced and was driven back with heavy losses. Taylor's enhanced reputation and legend that grew out of the battle took him to the White House in 1848.<br /><br />Both sides claimed victory in the battle. Santa Anna did so on the perhaps dubious grounds that although his own army suffered numerous casualties and withdrew from the field Taylor with his now limited forces halted his advance after the conclusion of the engagement. The present work provides a detailed account of the battle from the Mexican point of view printed as five consecutive issues of their official military periodical but published separately with its own wrappers and a sheet with two large woodcut maps. The report as the introduction from the editor makes clear was intended as a defense against criticism from parties within Mexico concerning the conduct of the brief campaign: <br /><br />"Despues de terminar los partes oficiales nos encargaremos de refutar un cuaderno que se ha impreso recientemente con el solo objecto de eclipsar el brillo que las armas mexicanas adquierieron el mes de Febrero ultimo en el estado de Coahuila y que parece escrito si no por Taylor mismo si bajo su influencia y por el poder del oro americano. El ilustre general Santa-Anna nunca ha sido mas digno del amor y reconocimiento de sus conciudadanos y nunca tampocoha debido considerarsele come general y como mexicano mas digno de elogio que en la epoca actual."<br /><br />The work first contains a lengthy report by Santa Anna and several shorter ones from his lieutenants that present the performance of the Mexican army and the results of the battle in the most positive possible light. The majority of the work comprises a unit-by-unit account of Mexican action during the battle with detailed descriptions of the participation of each regiment including lists of soldiers killed wounded and missing in action. The two woodcut maps delineate the geography and trails of the area surrounding Saltillo and the initial order of battle on the field. As a result the work serves not only as a brisk defense of Mexican military conduct but also as an important and comprehensive record of the Mexican side of the engagement.<br /><br />Very rare -- we locate only three copies at Yale Harvard and the University of Texas and none in auction records. books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1307

‎CIVIL WAR‎

‎Caricatures pertaining to the Civil War reproduced from a Private Collection of Originals Designed for Currier & Ives New York and Published by them in Sheets from 1856 to 1872 and now for the First Time Published in Book Form‎

‎New York: Wright & Swasey 1892. Limited. hardcover. very good. 80 plates of political cartoons. Oblong 4to. 7 4/8 x 10 6/8 inches full early pebbled brown calf recently recased in burgundy morocco with black leather spine label; original covers quite worn front hinge reinforced. First edition Limited Edition. Scarce.<br/><br/> Number 87 of 150 copies for subscribers.<br/><br/> Wright & Swasey unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 293646

‎United States. War Dept.‎

‎Cavalry tactics. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a system of cavalry tactics or rules for the exercises and manoeuvres of the cavalry of the militia of the United States. January 8 1827. Read and referred to the Committee on the Militia.‎

‎Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1827. 8vo. 142 pp. <br><br>Contents: Letter from the Department of War p. 3 signed in type by James Barbour; a letter from the Board of Officers p. 5 signed in type by Winfield Scott and 7 others including Z. Taylor Wm. H. Sumner and Abrm. Eustis; and A Complete System of Cavalry Tactics pp. 7–142. Government document: 19th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 57. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. <br>    <br>    Shoemaker 31208. Removed from a nonce volume; five holes in inner margin not touching text. Some pages unopened. Ink numeral in outer margin of title-page. Foxing to some leaves. Pr. by Gales & Seaton unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13123

‎Secretary of War‎

‎OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER FOR 1842‎

‎Washington: Adjutant General's Office 1842. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Sewn paperback. Very small puncture would to the text with no loss to the text. Minor loss at the tail of the spine. Very Good binding. Adjutant General's Office unknown books‎

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‎Prepared Under the Direction of the War Department and Authorized and Adopted by the Secretary of War May 1st 1861‎

‎By Authority U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction Exercise and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry Including Infantry of the Line Light Infantry and Riflemen‎

‎Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1861. Decorative Cloth. Very Good . An exceptionally bright copy of the 1861 1st edition. Tight and VG in its bevelled dark-green cloth with crisp completely unflecked gilt-titling and insignia along the spine. Light foxing at the pastedowns and endsheets faint staining to the front inner hinge and continuing very lightly thru the preliminaries. 15 fold-out plates all intact and very clean except the frontispiece plate the left half of which has been neatly excised and 77 additional plates thruout the text. Thick 64mo 450 pgs. plus Lippincott's list of recent publications "McClellan's Bayonet Exercises" etc. at the rear. This copy bears the ownership blindstamp of William Buell Sprague 1795-1876 of Albany NY noted Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of the 9 volume set "Annals of the American Pulpit" <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 14609

‎US. War Department Adjutant General's Office U. S.‎

‎Notes and Tables on Organization and Establishment of the Spanish Army in the Peninsula and Colonies‎

‎Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1898. Third edition. Paper wrappers. Front wrapper chipped at corners spine ends chipped otherwise contents very good. 218 pp. 12mo. Errata slip inserted at p. 111 and noted on title page. The first two editions were quite short comprised of only the first 25 pages of this the third edition in which extracts from the 'Anuario Militar de España of 1898' were added and which thus comprises the bulk of the work; also includes the rosters and stations of troops in Cuba Philippines and Puerto Rico with over a hundred pages on Cuba. Griffin: American Occupation of the Philippine Island: 32. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 43173

‎United States. War Dept.‎

‎Canal–Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. Letter from the secretary of war transmitting a report of Lieutenant John Pickell respecting the practicability of a canal across the peninsula of Florida. March 26 1832. Read and referred to committee on internal improvements.‎

‎Washington: No publisher/printer 1832. 8vo. 58 pp. <br><br>Detailed survey of the practicality of the canal proposed in the title and touching on the possiblity of a total in-land passage along the East Coast.<br>    Drop-title. At head of title: 22d Congress 1st session. Doc. No. 185. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. One gathering very browned. Some scattered foxing. No publisher/printer unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 24417

‎United States. War Dept.‎

‎drop-title Protection of western frontier. To accompany bill H. R. No. 610. May 6 1836. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.‎

‎Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1836. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Important for Texas. Government document: 24th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 249. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular; small holes and chip in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Foxed. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 15129