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US. Naval War College U. S.
INTERNATIONAL LAW TOPICS
1920. U.S. Naval War College. INTERNATIONAL LAW DOCUMENTS: THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH GERMANY JUNE 28 1919. Washington: U.S. Navy; printed by Government Printing Office 1920. 8vo. blue cloth title gilt-stamped to spine and front board. The whole volume is bumped. Good plus. unknown books
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WORLD WAR II
ENGINEERS IN THEATER OPERATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS TROOPS AND TRAINING
1947. WORLD WAR II. ENGINEERS IN THEATER OPERATIONS and ORGANIZATIONS TROOPS AND TRAINING. By the Office of the Chief Engineer General Headquarters Army Forces Pacific. Major General Hugh J. Casey Chief Engineer. Washington: Government Printing Office Reports of Operations United States Army Forces in the Far East Southwest Pacific Area Army Forces Pacific 1947 1953. Two volumes; 4to. red cloth gilt; illustrated. Mildly skewed with sun soil to cloth wear to edges; just occasional soil internally. Very good working copies. unknown books
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JUDAH P. BENJAMIN. CIVIL WAR
Confederate Secretary of War Judah Benjamin Puts Promotion Controversy to Rest and Keeps General Braxton Bragg in “hateful inaction on the sands of Pensacola harbor”
<p>Writing as acting Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin denies Major General Braxton Bragg the possibility of a transfer to a more active post. Instead Benjamin gives Bragg additional responsibilities including defending Alabama. Bragg must have become tired of inaction as three days after Benjamin wrote this letter Bragg ordered the Confederate assault on Fort Pickens at the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.</p> <b>JUDAH P. BENJAMIN. CIVIL WAR.</b>Autograph Letter Signed as acting Secretary of War to Braxton Bragg. Richmond Va. October 6 1861. 4 pp. 7¾ x 10 in. On War Department letterhead.<p><b>Transcript</b></p><p><i>"I have your favor of 25th Ulto and have examined into the causes suggested by you as tending to create dissatisfaction amongst your officers and whilst there is much truth in the assertion that some of your juniors have received advanced rank in the Provincial army I find that this complaint in relation to the case of Lieut. Wheeler is wholly without foundation and will state the facts that you may be able to dissipate the impression of any injustice done by the department to his fellow-officers.</i></p><p><i>1st on the 14th August a communication was addressed to this department by the Col. and a large number of the Company officers of the 7th Ala. Regt. urgently requesting the appointment of Lieut. Wheeler to the position of filed officer of the same regiment. This letter was written from "Camp Walker Head Quarters of the 7th Regt. of Ala. Vols."</i></p><p><i>2d on the same day 14th August 1861 a letter was addressed by Lieut. Wheeler to the Adjt. General soliciting a commission with increased rank as are of the regiments of the provisional army or a commission with authority to raise a battalion or regiment for the War. This letter was endorsed with a very earnest recommendation that the appointment should be made signed by Col Wood of the 7th Ala Regt. commanding 2d Brigade and was forwarded by <u>yourself</u> with a <u>'full and cordial endorsement of Lt Wheeler's application'</u>and it was in consequence of these endorsements and recommendations that my predecessor yielded to the solicitation of the officers of the 19th Ala Regt. and appointed Lieut. Wheeler their Colonel. I enclose you copies of the papers as a duty to my predecessor whose action on the subject is somewhat impugned by your letter of 25 Ulto.</i></p><p><i>And now my dear sir having disposed of this matter let me say that the noble and self-sacrificing spirit displayed by yourself and the gallant spirits that are now chafing in the hateful inaction on the sands of Pensacola harbor are fully appreciated and elicit the most heart-felt approval and admiration not only of the President Jefferson Davis but of every member of the administration. We are as anxious as you can possibly be to relieve you from a position to which the fortune of war has condemned you and we look forward as impatiently as you can to some opportunity of testifying our sense of what is due to you all. But all our deliberation results in this that to remove you as we know is your earnest desire to some field of more active operation would have the most disastrous effect on the morale of the army under your command whilst for your officers we can do nothing for the moment under the legislation as it now exists; but we shall none the less hold them in remembrance for the marks of approval as soon as it shall be possible to transfer them to other fields of duty; and I will further say that whenever you feel you can spare any of your officers and desire him rewards I will find the means to place him in some desirable post and with increased rank in the provisional army.</i></p><p><i>In the mean time the President in conversing with me on the subject of own position has suggested that it might be a partial relief to the tedium of your constant vigil to extend your command and make it embrace the coast of Alabama thus giving you an additional chance for an actual fight in the event of a descent by the enemy and you will accordingly find that a general order has been issued making of your command a department and placing the coast defences of Alabama under your control. I think you will thus have an increased chance for actual combat."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Santa Rosa Island blocked the mouth of Pensacola harbor and the Union Fort Pickens effectively eliminated any strategic value of the Confederate capture of Pensacola's naval shipyard and nearby railroad. Three weeks prior to this letter Union forces raided the captured shipyard and burned the schooner <i>Judah</i> to prevent its putting to sea as a privateer. As evidenced in this letter Confederate Major General Braxton Bragg was <i>"chafing in the hateful inaction on the sands of Pensacola harbor"</i>cut off from using his newfound assets to their fullest benefit. As Benjamin was writing this letter denying Bragg's transfer request Bragg himself must have been planning the retaliatory raid against Fort Pickens. The battle which took place on October 9 1861 was inconclusive with both sides claiming victory in the Florida's first land action of the war.</p><p>Known as "the brains of the Confederacy" <b>Judah Benjamin</b>1811-1834 served in the Louisiana state legislature and U.S. Senate before joining Jefferson Davis's cabinet first as Attorney General then Secretary of War and finally as Secretary of State. A New Orleans lawyer Davis had given Benjamin the post of attorney general until deciding he needed him in a more important role. In September 1861 he was moved to the War Department. His closeness to Davis—and his Jewish faith—attracted resentment from jealous rivals. With the loss of Roanoke Island in 1862 along with Grant's capture of Forts Henry and Donelson critics demanded Benjamin's blood. Davis responded by promoting him to Secretary of State a post he held until the collapse of the Confederacy. Initially part of Davis's contingent when the Confederate president fled Richmond in women's clothing Benjamin escaped to England where he thrived as a lawyer and was named to the Queen's council. He retired in 1883.</p><p><b>Braxton Bragg</b> 1817-1876 was a career military officer first in the U.S. Army and later in the Confederate Army. He attained the rank of full General in the Confederate Army one of only seven in the Confederacy. He fought at the Battles of Shiloh Chickamauga and Chattanooga among others and in 1864 became Jefferson Davis's military adviser.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Some separation at folds. One and one-quarter inch tear at the upper edge of page three. Minor paper loss along the main vertical fold. Areas light toning.</p> books
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CIVIL WAR CONFEDERACY
Opposing the Confederate Draft
1862. No binding. Fine. Broadside. ""The Petition of Certain Non-Conscripts Respectfully Presented to the Confederate States Congress."" Richmond August 8 1862. Signed in print ""The Petitioners By their Counsel John H. Gilmer."" 1 p. 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. Petitioning against General Order No. 46 of the Confederate War Department which rescinded the part of the Confederate Conscription Act of April 16 1862 that mandated the discharge of all voluntary enlistees under age 18 or over age 35 in July 1862. ""These were the terms of the law. They were plain unequivocal and mandatory. Common sense - universal public opinion . understood accepted and adopted the law . Shall an army order revoke a solemn act of Congress . Have we a constitutional Government with specific powers granted . or have we an unlimited Government dependent only on Executive will or ministerial caprice Are the People free or is the Executive supreme"" Historical BackgroundPresident Davis Secretary of War George Randolph and the Confederate Congress instituted the first conscription act in American history in April 1862 after early defeats in Tennessee and North Carolina in anticipation of the expiration of one-year enlistments signed at the war's outset. The Conscription Act would cause all males ages 18 to 35 to be drafted into service unless exempted. Those already enlisted would be held to a three year commitment from their date of entry into the service. Conscription raised difficulties for Southern politicians who had argued for most of their careers against the broad construction of federal powers in the United States Constitution. Some believed it violated the cardinal principle of states' rights others such as Georgia Governor Joseph Brown protested its tendency toward centralization and despotism. Common folks complained about the fact that planters who owned 20 or more slaves were exempt as were many overseers and tradesmen and those who could afford to buy ""substitutes.""According to historian James McPherson conscription was ""the most unpopular act of the Confederate government. Yeoman farmers who could not buy their way out of the army voted with their feet and escaped to the woods or swamps. . Armed bands of draft-dodgers and deserters ruled whole counties.""ReferencesParrish & Willingham 5422 locating 5 copies.McPherson James. Battle Cry of Freedom New York 1988 p. 432. unknown books
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EDWARD DAVIS TOWNSEND. CIVIL WAR
Creating Two New Civil War Military Departments
Washington DC 1862. No binding. Fine. Printed Document Signed ""General Orders No. 34."" War Department Adjutant General's Office Washington D.C. April 4 1862. 1 p. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Excerpt"" I. That portion of Virginia and Maryland lying between the Mountain Department and the Blue Ridge shall constitute a Military Department to be called the Department of the Shenandoah and will be under the command of Major General Banks."" II. That portion of Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the Potomac and the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad including the District of Columbia and the country between the Potomac and Patuxent shall be a Military District to be called the Department of the Rappahannock and be under the command of Major General McDowell.""Historical BackgroundEdward Davis Townsend 1817-1893 was a Union officer from Massachusetts. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1837. In 1861 he was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed chief of staff to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott. Townsend became assistant adjutant general of the army and served in that position until the end of the war. He was brevetted brigadier general in September 1864 and major general in March 1865 for ""meritorious faithful and distinguished services in the adjutant generals department during the rebellion.""During the war Townsend was the principal executive officer of the War Department and was more intimate with Abraham Lincoln and Secretary Stanton than any other military official. He originated the plan of a U.S. military prison and established the prison at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. Townsend was appointed Adjutant General of the U.S. Army in 1869 and served in that capacity until he retired in 1880. unknown books
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR
A Revolutionary War Doctor Defends His Reputation Pennsylvania War News and Congress Takes a Huge Loan
Philadelphia PA 1779. No binding. Fine. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. Newspaper. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. John Dunlap Philadelphia Pa. July 1 1779. 4 pp. 10 1/2 x 17 untrimmed. Page 1-2 leads with extracts from the Journals of Congress regarding Indian Affairs and New Hampshire land disputes. Extensive content on the Revolutionary War medical department including a lengthy serialized ""Doctor Morgan's Vindication"" regarding the Continental Congress's dismissal of Dr. John Morgan who had great success managing military hospitals for Washington's Army without cause or explanation. Here he obtains testimony from General Nathanael Greene and even Washington himself to defend his reputation.Page 3 reports war news from Pennsylvania as well as a June 29 1779 act of the Continental Congress borrowing $20 million to maintain fiscal solvency.Page 4 includes advertisements for runaway slaves book auctions and stolen horses.Excerpt ""IN CONGRESS June 29 1779.AS Congress are bound by every motive of policy and of public & private justice to maintain the credit of the paper money emitted by their authority on the faith of the United States; so it is their intention not only to avoid further emissions but to diminish the quantity in circulation provided that the respective States by correspondent and vigorous exertions shall put it in their power to raise the necessary supplies.Resolved therefore That twenty millions of Dollars or such a part thereof as shall be brought into the Continental Loan-Offices on or before the first day of October next be borrowed on the faith of the United States at an interest of six per cent. per annum.For facilitating the said Loan Resolved1. That the Loan-Officers in every state do immediately open subscriptions for the said Loan. 2. That the executive authorities of the several states be requested immediately to appoint persons of character and influence in every county town or district to receive subscriptions and transmit the same to the Loan-Officer or Officers in the states respectively. 3. That no subscription be received for less then five hundred dollars. 4. That all subscriptions under ten thousand dollars shall be paid into the Loan-Office where the same shall be subscribed or into the Hands of the person obtaining the subscription within fourteen days after the subscription shall be made. 5. That any person subscribing ten thousand dollars or upwards shall be allowed to pay the same at two periods to wit one half within fourteen days after the subscription the residue on or before the first day of October next; the whole to bear interest from the time of the first payment provided the other payment shall be punctually made. 6. That each lender shall have his election either to receive the principal at the expiration of three years from the date of the Loan or to continue it in the funds on interest until the whole amount of Continental bills in circulation shall not exceed the sum in circulation at the time of the Loan. 7. That interest on all sums which shall be paid into the Loan-Office before the said first day of October or which shall be subscribed and paid agreeably to the terms of the 5th resolution aforesaid shall be payable annually at the Continental Loan-Office of the State in which the money was originally subscribed. 8. That when the interest on Monies which have been or may be placed in the several Loan-Offices on or after the first day of March 1778 shall become due and be paid the same until some more accurate standard of value can be devised shall be increased in proportion to the increase of the sum of Continental paper money which may be in circulation after the date of such Loans respectively.Extract from the MinutesCHARLES THOMSON Sec'ry."" unknown books
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Depreciation Inflation and Taxation
Philadelphia PA 1779. No binding. Fine. The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser. Newspaper. The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser John Dunlap: Philadelphia Pa. July 15 1779. 4 pp. 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. untrimmed. The front page prints a lengthy letter from ""A Farmer of Virginia"" on inflation taxation and monetary policy. Excerpts""There are three principal causes of the depreciation of our paper-currency. First the great quantity in circulation. Second the want of confidence in the will and ability of the States to redeem it by taxes and specie. Third the deranged State of the public business and the want of effectual laws for regulating the conduct of an bringing to account all such as are employed in the service of the public.I shall endeavor to shew by what methods the quantity in circulation may be lessened and the value restored without violating the public faith or oppressing the citizens of these United States. The paper-money of these States differs from that of any country in Europe because the principle on which it is emitted is different. The principle is taxation; and if it be not duly applied the quantity must encrease according to the exigencies of the States and the credit or value will be diminished in proportion as the quantity emitted exceeds the sum necessary for a circulating medium. This will generally be ascertained by comparing the price of commodities purchased with paper-money to that which shall be purchased with specie. Taxation then being the principle on which the paper money was emitted if it had been applied when the depreciation commenced it would most certainly have produced a remedy for the evil. This would have prevented the enormity of the public debt. p. 1 col. 1-3Also on the front page: an advertisement for ""Good Bohea Tea"" sold by Jewish merchant Benjamin Seixas who had relocated to Philadelphia from New York during the British occupation. p.1 col.3This issue also contains a letter from George Washington responding to Doctor John Morgan who was in the process of a very public vindication. ""No fault I believe ever was or could be found with the economy of the Hospitals during your Directorship. Things in the first stage of the war were plentiful and cheap and I am inclined to think that you contributed as much as lay in your power to provide at the lowest rates."" p.2 col.1As well as the protests of the ""tanners curriers and cordswainers of the city"" in response to inflation: ""The depreciation of our currency is a fact so notorious that the cause of America can receive no injury from mentioning it in the course of the observations we are about to make. For many years preceding the issuing of the present currency the prices of skins leather and shoes were so proportioned to each other as to leave the tradesmen a bare living profit.The prices of leather and shoes continued the same as formerly until the depreciation of the currency had made considerable progress nor did we advance our price until the increased expence of almost every other article of consumption rendered it absolutely necessary and then we kept a great distance behind many other tradesmen and infinitely almost behind the advance on foreign articles. Thus in the beginning of 1777 when money had depreciated or which is the same thing goods had risen for the most part to three and four prices our commodities had advanced scarcely two prices.Having thus stated our ideas of this matter for your consideration we think ourselves justified before the world in declaring that we do not consider ourselves bound by the regulated prices of our commodities and we shall not observe them until a general regulation of all other articles shall take place by common consent."" p. 2 col. 2-3 p. 3 col. 1Along with other reports of the war. ""We have been twice out after the enemy's fleet but can't bring them to action. On our passage to this port in company with the Carrisfort we fell in with a fleet fr. See website for full description unknown books
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CIVIL WAR UNION. RICHARD ANDREWS
A White Captain in the U.S. Colored Troops Richard Andrews Describes his Closing Days of the Civil War and its Aftermath
1865. No binding. Fine. Six letters to his wife Libby approx. 15 pp. in all. ""There will be an awful hot time if our Brigade is engaged. I dont think anything can restrain the men if they once get started. I am in hopes to come out alive but no one can tell but the Almighty"" The white officer of the USCT Captain Richard Andrews wrote to his wife about the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond and the impending Appomattox campaign. Union forces including African American soldiers captured Richmond on April 3rd and Lee would be forced to surrender at Appomattox just over two weeks after Andrews wrote. In other letters he details his health concerns his transfers after the war's end and possibilities of land ownership. His final letter details an anticipated transfer to the Freedmen's Bureau in Galveston Texas.RICHARD ANDREWS. Autograph Letter Signed ""Richard"" to his wife Libby before Richmond Va. March 25th 1865 4 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. 4 pp. #22399.01"".I received a month's pay yesterday bought a sword belt for 7.00 a pair of pantaloons for $12.00 pair of gloves for $2.00 paid $25.00 towards the present to Genl. Draper.As soon as I sell my horse I will send you more if I had sold her three days ago I could have got over $100.00 for her but now she is very lame so much so that no one can use her. I fear I shall have to dispose of her at a loss. We shall move in a very short time.Things are coming to a crisis. Lee will have to skedaddle or there will be a terific fight. Our brigade is practicing charging every day. There will be an awful hot time if our Brigade is engaged. I dont think anything can restrain the men if they once get started. I am in hopes to come out alive but no one can tell but the Almighty. My health is pretty fair now and I trust I may not even get wounded for I am anxious to gain strength this summer.""Historical BackgroundFrom Salem Massachusetts Lieutenant Richard F. Andrews fought in the Battle of Chaffin's Farm September 29-30 1864. Just two months earlier he was so sick that he was excused from duty but he volunteered for service and helped lead the 36th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops to victory. The performance of the USCT at Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights put an end to any doubts of their bravery or fitness for service. There Andrews was shot in the leg and for his bravery he was promoted to Captain.The 36th Regiment of USCT was organized in February 1864 out of the 2nd North Carolina Colored Infantry. In addition to Chaffin's Farm it saw service toward the end of the Siege of Petersburg the single greatest concentration of African American troops during the war at Richmond and its occupation and in the Appomattox Campaign.The United States Colored Troops USCT were regiments of the United States Army during the American Civil War composed of African American soldiers. First recruited in 1863 by the end of the Civil War the men of the 175 regiments of the USCT constituted approximately 10% of the Union Army. The United States War Department issued General Order Number 143 on May 22 1863 establishing a ""Bureau of Colored Troops"" to facilitate the recruitment of African-American soldiers to fight for the Union Army. Regiments including infantry cavalry engineers light artillery and heavy artillery units were recruited from all states of the Union and became known as the United States Colored Troops USCT. USCT regiments were led by white officers and rank advancement was limited for black soldiers. Approximately 175 regiments composed of more than 178000 free blacks and freedmen served during the last two years of the war. Their service bolstered the Union war effort at a critical time. RICHARD ANDREWS. Autograph Letter Signed ""Richard"" to his wife Libby near City Point Va. May 9th 1865 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. 4 pp. #22399.02"".I had quite a nap-fell asleep just after dinner and snoozed away for over two hours something unusual for. See website for full description unknown books
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Civil War.
The Soldier's Prayer Book. Arranged from the Book of Common Prayer; with Additional Collects and Hymns.
Small pamphlet 11x7.5 cm 4¼x3" cloth-backed printed wrappers 64 pp. Some wear and staining; a couple of chips and holes on wrappers small piece of newsprint glued to a preliminary page normal aging to content very good for this type of item. Thousands of these small prayer books were distributed to Union troops during the Civil War by the U.S. Christian Commission however because of the fragile nature of these pray books they are quite scarce today. In addition to prayers this little book includes a section of hymns. Protestant Episcopal Book Society, books
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Civil War.
Green-Back to His Country Friends.
Pamphlet 8vo original green printed wrappers 17 pp. Wrappers chipped and torn with a few small pieces missing from the margins back wrapper almost detached vertical tear on cover repaired on verso a few pages with tears at extremities light toning; else very good.This is a scarce and unusual item that gives a different political message from the Civil War period. The author who calls himself Green-Back seems to object to the failures of politicians of his day and in fact this is an open letter to the 37th Congress. Sounds like he has Copperhead leanings but his key message is that it was time for the Representatives and represented come to an understanding. He seems to think that Congress is too busy or distracted with the needs of slaves and related issues to take care of other business. According to Green-Back Congress doesn't seem to have much time for other affairs because of their plans "for the full development of their much admired and more beloved Congo men". He also seems dissatisfied with the press who he suggests instigated or helped cause the war and whom only present a one sided view of the war. books
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Brindle Jonathan
Autograph Letter Signed
<p>5" x 8" letter to Captain J.K. Murphy Fairfax Seminary hospital Virginia May 26 1864. 1 1/4 pages with integral leaf. Very good.</p><p>In part: "Sir: I have the honor to apply for the discharge papers of Corpl. Jonathan Brindle formerly of your company - was recommended and passed the board of examination for discharge at Philadelphia and his papers were sent - but he was ordered away from there before they came back - ."</p> books
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Japan: World War II. Gaimusho Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Shusen Shiroku. Documents of the Termination of the War.
Tokyo: Shinbun Gekkansha Showa 27 1952. First edition. Good . 4to variously paginated numerous illustrations from photographs facsimiles. Publisher's tan cloth backed in gilt-lettered brown pigskin. Text mostly in Japanese. Small loss at the top of the spine binding lightly soiled & rubbed corners bumped previous owner's name & chop at rear blank page. <br/><br/>A massive volume of over a thousand pages compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is a compendium of mostly Japanese documents relating to the Pacific War. Special attention is focused on the final months focusing on peace feelers in May 1945 through Moscow the Battle of Okinawa the demand for "unconditional surrender" the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the final fateful War Council in the Imperial Presence in which the Emperor spoke for peace and the decision to have the Emperor announce the surrender on radio to his subjects. The work is organized into 60 sections beginning with war plans and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 to the arrival of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Tokyo Bay on the U.S.S. Missouri to officiate at the surrender ceromony on September 2 1945. Changes in war leadership and cabinets as well as in war policy political diplomatic social and economic conditions are covered in intervening sections. Shinbun Gekkansha hardcover books
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Americana World War I Periodical The Unpopular Review
The Unpopular Review No. 11 July - September 1916 Vol. VI
New York N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co. 1916. 222 pages; erratum slip tipped-in; publishers' announcements & other advertisements at front and back and an index for Vol. V; essays and articles many considering themes of war and peace economic conditions literary criticism and other topics: The Spread of Federalization; the Psychology of the Soldier; Germany and American Preparedness; The Joys of Being a Woman; Goethe and Eckermann; Educational Biases; A Lusitania Victim Speaks; Suffrage Sabotage; & more. previous owner note of the name of Jessica S. Cochrane Somerton Hotel room 424 a comment in pencil at the article on '
Woman' and with a single sheet of blank Hotel Somerton San Francisco note-paper laid in. Volume approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4" size; dark brown softcover wraps gilt titles and embossed wisdom owl figure all very dulled. Some edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; spotting to beginning and end papers contents in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Henry Holt & Co. Paperback books
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EICHER David J.
Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0252022734 . First printing. Bumped at base of spine else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Illinois Press hardcover books
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Photography 20th Century Germany Berlin Social Conditions Post World War I
Circa 1920 Glass Plate Negative Photograph of Conditions in Germany Eight Children of Berlin Sleeping in One Room on a Bed Made of a Broken Bedstead.by Keystone View Co.
Germany Europe: Keystone View Co. 1920. Black and white glass plate negative approx. 6 1/2" x 7" size. Not dated circa 1920. Remains of old paper envelope with penciled identification "Conditions in Germany Eight Children of Berlin Germany sleeping in one room on a bed made of a broken bedstead a mattress a stool and a chair. This is typical of the present conditions existing in Germany." With the remains of the original Keystone paper mailing envelope. Plate broken with about 20% chipped away and lost at right margin. We have photographed this using a light-box and then inverted the image to give a positive. In fair condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Fair. Keystone View Co. Paperback books
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CIVIL WAR
LIST OF STAFF OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY 1861-1865
1891. CIVIL WAR. LIST OF STAFF OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY: 1861-1865. Washington: Government Printing Office 1891. Small quarto: brown quarter-morocco leather & marbled boards marbled endpapers & edges. A scarce listing of Confederate officers printed on fragile paper. Very Good front hinge tender small stain page 25 some damage top inner-edge of front endpaper. $750.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
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War Dept
INTERIOR GUARD DUTY
Washington D. C. : U.S. Government Printing Office 1942. Softcover. Very good-/No jacket issued. FM 26-5. Washington D. C. : U.S. Government Printing Office 1942. Numerous b/w tables. 56 pp. Softcover. 16mo. Tan pamphlet. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities; wraps edges and pages lightly toned with very light scattered foxing. Very good-/No jacket issued. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback books
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Civil War. Rawls Walton
GREAT CIVIL WAR HEROES AND THEIR BATTLES
New York. Abbeville Press. 1985. Oblong 4to. Hardcover with dustjacket in fine condition. unknown books
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War of 1812.
Report In Part Of The Committee Appointed On So Much Of The President’s Message As Respects Our Foreign Relations. November 22 1808…
<p>Pamphlet 8vo paperbound 16 pp. Partially disbound but still in tact. Normal aging and browning with some chips and folds at the extremities. Also slight fold at the center and early owner’s signature on title page. About very good. Very interesting pamphlet prepared during the Madison administration that takes a look at the challenges facing a new country. For the most part the report addresses the belligerent acts of England and France prior to the War of 1812. The report also challenges the legality of the British blockade and the taking of our ships on the high seas. Importantly it points out that France is no better than the English in this respect and that it would be hard to justify war against one without the same treatment of the other. However the authors were also very realistic about going to war with both England and France who were "two of the most powerful nations in the world". The report recommends that we not submit to French and English legal rationalizations for their actions and that we not allow their ships into our ports. Wisely it also suggests we improve our defenses. The OCLC seems to locate only a couple of copies. OCLC. </p> A. & G., Printers, books
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War Ration Books.
United States of America War Ration Books.
Eight partially used ration coupon books from World War II. Includes stamps and instructions books 1-4 for two people. Includes original envelope some remaining stamps. Envelope with a couple of tears and some staining normal aging and some staining ink identification information on books. Two sets of ration coupon books books I-IV in the original envelope for Basil and Lena Brooks of Binghamton New York. Some of the stamps have been used but many still remain. Government instructions on how to use the stamps is included and warns the recipients "if you don't need it Don't Buy it." Government Printing Office, books
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War of 1812
An Address of Members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States to their Constituents on the Subject of the War with Great Britain
Pamphlet removed 8vo 32 pp. Early signature on title page partially disbound last eight pages are completely separated from the rest of pamphlet. Some heavy foxing to a few pages and there are some chips and tears at the extremities not affecting text. These pamphlet reviews the causes of the War of 1812 but carries a strong anti-war message that is signed with the names of 34 congressmen names are printed on pages 27&28. The pamphlet accuses the Madison Administration of trying to incite people to war on the issue of impressments. They maintain that the French are as guilty as the English on the subject of impressments. The last four pages of the pamphlet present statistics on exports to England and France. John Eliot Junior, unknown books
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Slavery/Civil War.
Partially Printed document showing Payment to a Confederate General for his slave's labor on "military fortifications" in South Carolina.
<p>Single 8vo sized sheet 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" duplicate receipt signature printed and hand written some aging; but very good or better. This receipt is signed by A.M. Kennedy for John D. Kennedy. Printed and Handwritten Document Signed. Columbia South Carolina. Jan. 18 1864 "Duplicate Receipt" for $2000 paid by the state to Confederate commander John D. Kennedy as "compensation for his slave named Robert lost by reason of the employment of said slave by the authorities of the Confederate Government upon the military fortification in this State." John Doby Kennedy was born on January 5 1840 in Camden South Carolina the son of a Scots immigrant. John was a student at South Carolina College. He was a wealthy man and reportedly owned 60 slaves. On the day this receipt was issued to his brother 24 year-old John Doby Kennedy was on the battlefield commanding his South Carolina Infantry regiment having fought in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and that year in the Shenandoah Campaigns after which he was given the rank of Brigadier General. Opposing General Sherman's advance until the bitter end he did not surrender until two weeks after Lee met Grant at Appomattox. civilwarintheeast website. </p> books
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Revolutionary War.
American Account of the Battle of Camden. From the New Jersey Gazette September 13th-in The London Chronicle.
<p>Entire issue small folio 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" removed disbound 473-480 pp. slight offsetting A few small holes affecting a few letters some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. At the Battle of Camden in South Carolina the Americans suffered a major defeat at the hands of the British. The British General Cornwallis defeated the American General Gates on August 16 1780 causing the American to lose 2000 men in the process. Despite its publication in a London newspaper this is an American account of the Battle of Camden which includes a letter from General Gates. history american-revolution/battle-of-camden website. </p> books
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Civil War.
Manuscript Letter from General Andrew Porter to Captain William W. Averell.
<p>Folded letter sheet 2 1/2 pages of text with original mailing envelope no stamp. Light wear normal aging legible hand; overall near fine. General Andrew Porter 1820-1872 was born in Pennsylvania and was the grandson of Revolutionary War General Andrew Porter. Porter was also related to Mary Todd Lincoln. He served in the Mexican War and was a Brigadier General at the Battle of Bull Run. Porter was appointed Provost Marshall General of the Army of the Potomac in 1862 and left the service in 1864 for health reasons. This letter to Captain William Averell appears to be written in somewhat secretive style. He tells Averell to mail a letter to a Mrs. P. that is under a newspaper. " I will return when it is safe to leave Mrs. P. or sooner if pub." He tells the captain to "please telegraph me at once if anything of importance turns up or I am needed with the command." He goes on to tell Averell keep the s pol.service with us. Much reputation is to be gained by carrying it on or aiding it successfully. This is probably a reference to the Secret Police that was headed by Allan Pinkerton at that time and who were very busy hunting down Confederate spies at that time. He also talks a little about other military matters including a troop build-up in Philadelphia. find a grave website.</p> books
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Revolutionary War Period
Autograph Letter from Stephen Lush to Jellis Jacob Fonda.
4 page letter sheet I pp of text 13 lines of test signed and mailed remnant of wax seal labeled duplicate docketed on last page. Legible probably a second copy made for legal purposes signed by author some wear at folds and some staining second sheet split and cracked a bit but text page in very good condition. Interesting letter that appears to have the wrong date on the front page. What appears to be January 20 1706 should read January 20 1786 according to the docketted date on the last page. The letter is written by Stephen Lush 1753-1825 to Jellis Jacob Fonda 1751-1839. It relates to taxes on land in New York owned jointly by Lush and Fonda. John Lansing an attorney and former delegate to the Constitutional Convention seems to have resquested the payment of one shilling per acre on the 40000 of acres they own jointly. Provides some interesting content on land taxation for the period. Lush practiced law in Albany until the War for Independence; he was commissioned a captain and saw action in New York City but was captured by the British. Major Fonda was considered one of the first patriots of Schenectady and after Lexington he formed a company of Minutemen. He fought in the Campaign against Burgoyne and at the Battle of Bemis Heights. Fonda organization website. ny education government website. books
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Spanish Civil war
Estampas de la Revolucion Espanola 19 Julio de 1936
Barcelona: Bureau of Propoganda 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Oblong 4to. Spiral bound book of color drawings depicting scenes from the Spanish Civil War. Chipping and wear to covers. First two pages loose from binding. A good copy of this attractive book. <br/><br/> Bureau of Propoganda hardcover books
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Civil War
Collection of Fifty-Two Manuscript Newark City Council Resolutions on the Civil War
52 folded and docketed uniform manuscript resolutions mostly 4to typically written on one side and docketed on the back includes a contemporary cover sheet that originally held resolutions together two small pictures of Lincoln and Grant included housed in modern photo album. A few with folds at the top and minor chips normal aging and browning; overall in very good condition. These resolutions were passed by the Public Aid Committee which was created by the Newark City Council at the beginning of the Civil War to advance money to soldiers' families. These resolutions would then be given to a clerk for filing. This clerk seems to have had strong anti war or Copperhead sympathies and gradually began editorializing as he wrote out the docketing on the back of each folded document. He titled the 31 March 1862 resolution "For aid to families. in the war to abolish slavery." On 2 September it was "the war for the ruin of the country." On 26 November it became "the Negro War" and 2 December it says "the Army of Abm. Lincoln to subjugate the Southern States." This obscure city clerk took things a step further after the Emancipation Proclamation. On 4 February 1863 he titled a resolution "In aid of families of volunteers. in the Nigger War!" He must have been spoken to after this remark because he drifts into sarcasm rather than outright racism. In a later resolution he states "for the benefit of our coloured fellow citizens of African decent." However by 14 September 1863 he was back to his old tricks again referring to "Lincoln's nigger war." He continued his editorializing through June 1864. These docketed resolutons were found in the included wrapper on which a a Union soldier later wrote: "The name if it can be found out of the miserable traitor who booked the within resolutions should go down in posterity as one who should receive the contempt of loyal men." The name of that Union soldier appears to be Major W. W. Morris. books
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf - A Gathering of Original Combat Despatches and Various Original Ephemera From History's Greatest Naval Battle.
16 Radio Telegrams including detailed Action Reports Tactical Operation Commands Battle Assessments Damage Reports etc. spanning the full duration of The Battle of Leyte Gulf 24 October - 28 October 1944. Imprinted upon wartime U.S. Communication Service USS Hector - 20M Sets yellow onionskin paper. 8" x 6.5". 7 designated "Secret- Urgent" 4 designated "Operational Priority-Secret" 2 designated "Priority-Secret" 1 designated "Top Secret-Operational Priority" 1 designated "Secret-Op-Op-Op"1 designated "Routine-Confidential". TRANSCRIBED DESPATCHES #240315 10/24/44 06;14 From: CTF 77-Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force Action: CTG 77.2 - Rear-Admiral Olendorf - Bombardment & Fire Support Group CTF 78 - Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 - Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force CTG 77.3 - Rear Admiral Berkey - Close Covering Group CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group PREPARE FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X ENEMY FORCE ESTIMATED 2 BB 4 CA 4 CL 10 DD REPORTED UNDER ATTACK BY OUR CARRIER PLANES IN EASTERN SULU SEA AT 09101 24 OCT X ENEMY CAN ARRIVE LEYTE GULF TONIGHT X MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X TG 77.3 ASSIGNED TO CTG. 77.2 AS REINFORCEMENT X CTG 70.1 STATION MAXIMUM NUMBER PT'S LOWER SURIGAO STRAIT TO REMAIN SOUTH OF 10-10N DURING DARKNESS. #240504 10/24/44 06:34 From: CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group Action: All TFC 7th Fleet All TGC 7th Fleet AGP 8 Wachapreague EXPECT TOKYO EXPRESS TONIGHT X BEFORE DARK STATION BOATS IN SECTIONS OF 2 OR 3 BOATS EACH AT FOLLOWING POSITIONS X SOUTHWEST TIP PANOAN X SOUTH OF MADILAO POINT X SOUTH OF LIMASAWA ISLAND X 2 SECTIONS PATROL BETWEEN AGIO POINT BOHOL PAST CAMIGUIN ISLAND TO SEPACG POINT MINDANAO X VITAL EASC OSTOKOWSW FILE REPORT CONTACTS AND THAT OTHER SECTION LEADERS AND WACHAPREAGUE RELAY THESE REPORTS TO CODLIVER X 21 BOATS FROM OYSTER BAY STATIONED BY SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS x SOURGDB T TIP PANOAN ISLAND X BILAA POINT MINDANAO X IN SURIGAO STRAIT 5 SECTIONS X 1 OFF SUMILON ISLAND X 1 MEDCHANTRN OFF KANHATID POINT DINAGAT ISLAND X 2 OFF KANIHALN ISLAND X 1 SOUTHEAST AMAGUSAN POINT X WACHAPREAGUE INFORM LCIS LAST STATION X SECTIONS ATTACK INDEPENDENTLY AFTER MAKING CONTACT REPORT X CTG 70.1 SENDS. #240938 10/24/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTG 77.4 THE SUPERB AIRMANSHIP AND FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED TODAY WILL LIVE IN HISTORY X IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF A RUNNING FIGHT WHICH WILL MARK THE ECLIPSE OF JAPANESE SEA POWER x TO BE EQUAL TO THE TASK IS ONLY TO REPEAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY X UNIT COMMANDERS PASS TO THOSE UNDER YOUR COMMAND. #242232 10/25/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force All CTG's TF 77 King II Attack Force COMPLETE REPORT OF ESCORT CARRIERS OPERATIONS TWENTY FOUR OCTOBER X ENEMY AIR RAIDS IN FORCE CAUSED CANCELLATION OF VISAYAS STRIKES AND SOME REDUCTION OF SUPPORT AIRCRAFT X OUR REINFORCED COMBAT PATROL SHOT DOWN FORTY EIGHT TWIN ENGINE AND EIGHTEEN SINGLE ENGINE JAP PLANES PLUS EIGHT MORE TWIN ENGINE PLANES PROBABLY DESTROYED IN A WILD MELEE OVER LEYTE ISLAND THE BEACHES AND SHIPPING IN LEYTE GULF X PLANES SHOT DOWN INCLUDED TWENTY LILYS EIGHTEEN SALLYS SEVEN FRANCES AND WIDE ASSORTMENT OF OTHER ARMY AND NAVY TYPES X HIGH SCORE FOR THE DAY WAS MADE BY LT CDR FUNK OF SANTEE WITH FIVE KILLS ON A SINGLE FLIGHT WHILE SAWANNEE PILOTS REPORTED KNOCKING DOWN EIGHT OUT OF EIGHT IN ONE GROUP X OUR LOSSES IN COMBAT WERE TWO PILOTS AND EIGHT PLANES WHICH INCLUDED ONE FOX SIX FOX FOUR FOX MIKE TWO TARE BAKER MIKE PLUS ONE FOX MIKE MISSING X OPERATIONAL LOSSES WERE ONE FOX MIKE WHICH SPUN IN JUST AFTER TAKEOFF DURING DARKNESS WITH THE LOSS OF THE PILOT X SPECIAL STRIKE ON BACOLOD FIELD DESTROYED TWO IRVINGS ONE KATE ONE BETTY AND ONE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE ON THE FIELD DAMAGED ONE IRVING AND ONE TOJO AND SANK ONE LUGGER AND FOUR BARGES X ONE JUDY CAME OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING OUTSIDE WAS CHASED FROM FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO FIFTY FEET AND SHOT DOWN BY THE LLERT LOCAL CAP X ALL IN ALL A GRAND DAY X FROM COMTASKFBBUP SEVENSEVEN DOT FOUR. #242348 10/25/44 01:07 From: COM 3RD FLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet Action: CTG 38.1 - Vice-Admiral John McCain PROCEED AT BEST POSSIBLE SPEED TO SOUTHWEST STRIKE EARLIEST POSSIBLE ENEMY FORCE REPORTED TO BE 4 BB'S8 CA'S PLUS DD'S IN VICINITY11-20N 127-00E AT 0800 X FROM COM 3RD FLT ACTION CTG 38.1 INFO ALL TGC'S 3RD AND 7TH FLTS CTF 77 ALL TFCS 3RD AND 7TH FLTS. #250615 10/25/44 07:08 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. 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Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 SECOND BATTLE DAMAGE REPORT X KALININ BAY RECEIVED 15 SHELL HOLES IN HULL IN ADDITION TO A FEW SMALL FRAGMENTATION HOLES X MOST HOLES PLUGGED UP AND ONLY LEAKING SLIGHTLY NOW X NUMEROUS HOLES IN FLIGHT DECK BY SUICIDE PLANE BEING REPAIRED X AT01L FLOODED BUT UNDER CONTROL X SMALL FIRE IN FUEL OIL TANK UNDER MACHINE SHOP X GYRO OK BUT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY STEERING X ELEVATOR LOWERED AND DECOMMISSIONED X ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON BRIDGE OUT X CAN RECEIVE VHF ONE CANNOT TRANSMIT ON ANYTHING NO RADAR X CANNOT STAND ANY INCREASE IN DRAFT XX 1020 HOEL REPORTED STOPPED TO PLUG HOLE 6 FEET IN DIAMETER 2 FEET BELOW WATERLINE X ONE GUN OUT X SOUND GEAR OUT X 200 ROUNDS OF AMMO LEFT NO TORPEDOES X NOT HEARD FROM SINCE X KITKUN BAY DAMAGE TO SHIP NEGLIGIBLE FROM NEAR BOMB HIT AND CRASH OF ENEMY PLANE X ONE KILLED 16 WOUNDED. #260139 10/26/44 06:05 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: None Information: CTF 38 - Vice Admiral Mitscher - Fast Carrier Forces COMAF 5 - Lt. General Ennis C Whitehead COMFEAF - General George Kenney ENEMY CRUISER AND FIVE DD PROCEEDING COURSE 300 FROM BULALAOUI POINT NORTH CEBU X SHIPS 1000 POSITIONS FROM 5 TO 45 MILES NORTH CEBU X CRUISER IN VAN X CVE STRIKE NOW IN PROGRESS BUT ADDITIONAL STRIKES NEEDED. #260427 10/26/44 04:55 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force UNDER AIR ATTACK X SUWANNEE HIT BY SUICIDE DIVE FORWARD OF BRIDGE X FIRE UNDER CONTROL. #260551 10/26/44 06:07 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force RECOMMEND ESCORT CARRIERS BE RETURNED TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY DUE SHORTAGE FUEL BOMBS TORPEDOES AND LOSS YESTERDAY OF ABOUT TOTAL OF 130 PLANES X DETAILS IN MESSAGE FOLLOWING. #260631 10/26/44 16:24 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPOA Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLEET Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COMA/RPAC Vice-Admiral John Hoover - Task Force 57 - Forward Area Central Pacific COM7THFLEET Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force WITH THE DEEPEST REGRET ITEM REPORT THE LOSS OF 2 CVE'S 2 DD'S AND 1 DE PLUS DAMAGE TO OTHER SHIPS IN A BATTLE FOUGHT TO THE EASTWARD OF SAMAR ON 25 OCT BETWEEN ENEMY AIR AND SURFACE FORCES AND A GROUP OF 16 CVE'S PLUS DD AND DE ESCORTS X THIS GROUP WITH SUPERB DETERMINATION AND SKILL FOUGHT AND DEFEATED A STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCE SUPPORTED BY REPEATED ATTACKS BY SHORE BASED ENEMY AIRCRAFT X THEY STRUCK REPEATEDLY WITH ALL MEANS AT THEIR DISPOSAL UNTIL THE ENEMY RETIRED DEFEATED AND CONTINUED TO STRIKE HIS RETREATING FORCES UNTIL DARKNESS X THE REPORT OF THE VALLIANT COMMANDER OF THIS GALLANT GROUP REAR ADMIRAL T.L. SPRAGUE IS TRANSMITTED HEREWITH X QUOTE X CTG 77.4 DESPATCH 25_00 X AS A RESULT OF TODAY SURFACE AND AIR ACTIONS CTU 77.4.3 REPORTS SAINT LO FORMER MIDWAY HIT BY DIVE BOMBER FOLLOWED BY HEAVY EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED SHIP X GAMBIER BAY JOHNSON AND ROBERTS MISSING SINCE BOMBARDMENT BY STRONG ENEMY FORCE BELIEVED TO CONTAIN 4 BB 8 CA AND CL 7 OR MORE DD ALL VERY FAST X ALL CARRIER GROUPS WERE UNDER ATTACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY X SANTEE RECEIVED TORPEDO HIT AND SUICIDE CRASH ON DECK WHICH STARTED FIRE AND PENETRATED BOTH FLIGHT AND HANGAR DECK X SANGAMON HAD SUICIDE CRASH ALONGSIDE WHICH PUNCTURED SIDE IN MANY PLACES X FIRES AND DAMAGE WERE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND ALL VESSELS CONTINUED TO LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY FORCE TILL SUNDOWN X VESSELS OF TU 77.4.2 WERE UNHIT UP TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS GROUP LAUNCHED A TOTAL OF 6 HEAVY STRIKES ARMED WITH TORPEDOES AND HEAVY BOMBS X NORTHERN GROUP TU 77.4.3 WAS UNDER MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS FIRE OF ENEMY BATTLESHIPS CRUISERS AND AIRCRAFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY X ALL SURVIVING CARRIERS WERE DAMAGED X WHITE PLAINS FANSHAW BAY AND KITKUN BAY GOT FIRES AND OTHER DAMAGE UNDER CONTROL AND CONTINUED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY X LAST STRIKES FROM ALL SHIPS WERE OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS AND MANY LANDED ON LEYTE X DAMAGE TO ENEMY CANNOT BE ASSESSED AT PRESENT BUT UNKNOWN DAMAGE INCLUDES 4 TORPEDOES IN BB AND NATORI CLASS CRUISER STOPPED AND SET AFIRE IN MINDANDO SEA X OFF SAMAR 2 BB WERE HIT BY TORPEDOES AND ONE CA STOPPED DEAD X DD AND DE OF SCREEN TU 77.4.3 MADE A GALLANT HEAD ON ATTACK WITH GUNS AND TORPEDOES WHEN THE CARRIERS WERE BROUGHT UNDER FIRE BY THE ENEMY BB X CASUALTIES OF SUNK AND MISSING SHIPS CANNOT BE ESTIMATED X THERE WERE 40 DEAD AND 40 CRITICALLY WOUNDED ON SANTEE X ONE DEAD ON SANGAMON X ONE DEAD ON ROWELL X REPORTS FROM OTHER TASK UNITS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE X RICHARD S BULL AND EVERSOLE WERE ORDERED TO SCENE OF SINKING TO RECOVER SURVIVORS REPORTED IN WATER X REPORT ON SINKING RECEIVED TOO LATE TODAY BUT SEARCH WILL BE CONTINUED ASSISTED BY AIRCRAFT TOMORROW X DURING RETIREMENT COOLBAUGH GOT WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SUB 11 GROUPS MISSED X SHE WAS ORDERED TO SIT ON HER CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT X THE SPROSTON ALSO HAD GOOD CONTACT AND HAS SIMILAR ORDERS X SPROSTON SHOT DOWN ONE NIGHT RAIDER WHICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK TU 77.4.3 X NO ESTIMATE OF TOTAL AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME BUT THE NUMBER IS CONSIDERABLE X FIRST STRIKES OF THE DAY WERE WITH THE ENEMY ON A WESTERLY COURSE TO SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT UNQUOTE X THIS ACTION AND THAT OF THE PRECEDING NIGHT IN WHICH STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCES WERE OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED IN SURIGAO STRAIT BY OTHER SURFACE UNITS OF THE 7TH FLEET UNDER REAR ADMIRAL RALP B OLENDORF ARE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ROAD TO TOKYO X TOGETHER THEY CONSTITUTE THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. #261131 10/26/44 16:53 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: All TGC & TFC 3rd and 7th Fleets ESSENTIAL THAT SIX OF YOUR CARRIERS REMAIN THIS AREA IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FIGHTER COVERAGE REFERRING YOUR 260614 x DESIGNATE SIX THAT ARE IN BEST OPERATING CONDITION TO REMAIN X FILL THEM WITH FIGHTERS RETAINING ONLY SUFFICIENT VT FOR YOUR OWN ASP X SEND REMAINING CVE's TO MANUS WHEN TRANSFER OF PLANES EFFECTED X GROUP REMAINING WILL BE FUELED ACCIPITER 28 OCTOBER X CTF 77 SENDS. REF ATTACHED. #262355 10/27/44 09:43 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COMAIRPAC -Vice Admiral George Murray - Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CINCSOWESPAC - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East NPM PASS TO COMINCH CINCPAC COMAIRPAC FOR INFO X MAIN ENEMY BODY SIGHTED BY ASP AS PER MY CONTACT REPORT AT 0603 ITEM OCT 25 X FOR OVER 2 1/2 HOURS THIS FORCE WAS SUBJECTED TO ENEMY BB CA AND DD GUN AND TORPEDO ATTACK X WE WERE HIT NUMEROUS TIMES X GAMBIER BAY HAD ONE ENGINE PUT OUT OF COMMISSION DROPPED BACK AND MUST HAVE BEEN SUNK BY ENEMY GUNFIRE PLUS HOEL JOHNSTON AND ROBERTS X REMAINING 5 CVE EMERGED FROM THIS DAMAGED BUT ABLE TO MAINTAIN 16 KNOTS X ABOUT 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES LATER 6 SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACKED X ATTACK HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED X 3 PLANES HIT BY AA NARROWLY MISSED SHIPS X 1 HIT PORT CATWALK OF KITKUN BAY X 1 SKIDDED LENGTH OF KALININ BAY FLIGHT DECK OVER BOW X 1 WENT THROUGH DECK OF SAINT LO WHICH SHORTLY BLEW UP X PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SUCH OF OUR PILOTS AS ARE IN COMPANY SHOW FOLLOWING DEFINITE DAMAGE BY OUR PLANES X 1 CA SEEN TO BLOW UP AND SINK X 1 CA HIT BY 2 TORPEDOES AND 20 MINUTES LATER OBSERVED ON ITS SIDE X 3 MORE CA TORPEDOED X 1 BB DAMAGED X THE REST GOT AWAY X THIS UNIT TOGETHER WITH PLANES OF TU 77.4.1 AND 77.4.2 TURNED BACK ENEMY FLEET BEFORE ANY OTHER OFRENBURCPNAO COUOD ATTACK X 3 REMAINING SHIPS OF MY DIVISION REQUIRE EXTENSIVE NAVY YARD REPAIRS BEFORE COMBAT DUTY X PRELIMINARY REPORT OF CASUALTIES OF SHIPS NOW WITH ME X 10 KILLED 59 WOUNDED X I UNDERSTAND 800 SANIT LO SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP X DETAILED REPORT LATER. #270122 10/27/44 03:45 From: CTG 77.4. - Rear Admiral T. 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Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force FOR ADMIRAL KINKAID x I DEEPLY REGRET THE EMBARRASSMENT WHICH MY 260614 MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU X YOUR 261328 HAS RELIEVED MY ANXIETY FOR MY SHIPS WHICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED A HOPELESS DEFENSE AGAINST THE CURRENT TECHNIQUE OF SUICIDE DIVES X MY RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON ERRONEOUS INFORMATION THAT THE AIR CORPS HAD ARRIVED X SPRAGUE #271147 10/28/44 00:40 From: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH - Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force All TFC & TGC 3rd and 7th Fleets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rom: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. 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Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Information: TO WELCOME THE AIR CORPS CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force ALL TGC OF TF 77 OPERATIONS 27 OCTOBER X COMTASKGROUP 77.4 SENDS X BOTH OPERATING GROUPS WERE REINFORCED BY CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS TODAY AND ALL HANDS BREATHED EASIER TO SEE THE BRISTLING GUNS WHICH SPELL THE ONLY KNOWN REMEDY FOR THE REPEATED SUICIDE DIVES WHICH THE ESCORT CARRIERS HAVE EXPERIENCED X ONE FORMATION OF JAPS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RENDEZVOUS WITH THE CRUISERS BUT WERE BEATEN OFF BY SHIPS GUNFIRE X LATER ANOTHER GROUP OF BOGIES APPROACHED BUT WERE DRIVEN OFF WITH ONE SHOT DOWN BY CAP X SUWANNEE WAS SENT TO KOSSOL TO EVACUATE WOUNDED AND PROCEED MANUS X SANTEE WAS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO MANUS DIRECT X A REDUCED CAP OVER THE LANDING AREA SHOT DOWN 6 ENEMY PLANES AND PROBABLY GOT 3 MORE X 3 WERE SHOT DOWN BY THE CAP OVER THE FORCE WHILE 1 BETTY WAS DESTROYED AND 6 WERE DAMAGED ON LAHUG FIELD X THE LAST FLYABLE PLANES FROM THE LANDINGS OF THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF WERE RECEIVED ABOARD X PLANES OF TU 77.4.3 HELPED TO REPLACE LOSSES OF THE OTHER GROUPS X ALL HANDS WERE DELIGHTED. #272351 10/28/44 02:00 From: COMPHIBGROUP 8 Rear Adm. W. M. Fechteler Action: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force COMCARDIVS 23 25& 26 - Commander Carrier Divisions 23 25 - Rear Admiral G.A.F. Sprague 26 - Rear Admiral Ofstie CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet SENIOR SURVIVOR CAPT VIEWIG NOW IN FREMONT REPORTS GAMBIER BAY SANK ABOUT 0900/I 25 OCTOBER IN LAT 12-30N LONG 126-30E AS RESULT ABOUT 20 8-INCH HITS FROM NIP HEAVY CRUISERS FINAL RANGE 2000 YARDS X COMPHIB GROUP 8 THROWS ACTION TO COMINCH CINCSWPA COM7THFLT CTF 77 COMCARDIVS 23 25 AND 26 CINCPAC X NO COMPROMISE CLASSIFIED MATTER X 18 FIGHTERS AND 8 AVENGERS AIRBORNE AND PRESENT STATUS UNKNOWN X ABOUT 650 OFFICERS AND MEN RESCUED. Cataloguers Note - No designation for CARDIV 23 appears in "Command Communication Manual for King II" ADDITIONALLY - 1. Communication Manual for King II. 86pps.4.5" x 5.5".Designated TOP SECRET with admonition - " THIS BOOKLET WILL NOT BE TAKEN ASHORE NOR CARRIED IN AIRCRAFT". Copy # 0157 and marked Flag Bridge this is presumably Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague's copy whilst Commanding Taffy 1 Task Group aboard USS Sangamon during the Battle of Leyte gulf. 2. Propaganda Leaflet 2-J-1 - Japanese Soldier In A Rowboat.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". One of the earliest Army leaflets dropped on Japanese troops is 2-J-1 entitled Japanese soldier sitting in a rowboat. The U.S. did not want to antagonize the Japanese so they used a technique they call soft-soaping to point out their predicament without appearing to gloat. The leaflet depicts an unhappy Japanese soldier alone in a rowboat near a barren island. It appears that the 6th Army liked the leaflet so much that they reprinted it and used it in their section of the Philippines. The text on the front translates to: "Left Behind With Only Small Boats an Army Chokes With Grief!" The back is all text and says in part: "Soldiers and Officers of Japan. We wish neither to insult nor make fun of you. Because at Bataan and Corregidor we faced the same miserable conditions you are now facing we cannot but sympathize with you
Where are the ships that brought you and your supplies here Where is the Navy which escorted your transportsWhen ships can no longer reach an island garrison do you not realize for the first time that the island has been abandoned" 3. Propaganda Leaflet - 2-F-1 MacArthur Has Returned.1944. 10.5" x 8" Notice that it is MacArthur that has returned and not thousands of American soldiers and sailors. Still the General apparently believed that the Filipinos reacted to his own charisma and personality and perhaps he was correct. The two page bi-fold above shows MacArthur saluting on the front and debarking from an aircraft on the back. There are three black and white pictures of him inside the booklet. It appears that all the F leaflets were to the Filipinos after the American landing. The front of the leaflet depicts General MacArthur saluting. The back of the leaflet depicts the general stepping off an aircraft with the text: "General MacArthur steps out of a plane at an advance airbase somewhere in New Guinea." When the bi-fold is opened there are three black and white photographs inside the leaflet with MacArthur on a warship walking down a Philippine road and in a landing craft. The text is: "General MacArthur keeps his pledge. When General MacArthur left Corregidor under orders from President Roosevelt to proceed to Australia and organize the offensive against Japan his last words were I shall return. From that moment his one driving ambition has been to get back to the Philippines to drive out the Japanese and to restore the legitimate government of the Philippines. Today General MacArthur is back in the Philippines. He has returned as he promised. His great task is now entering its final phase. The forces under his command are assaulting the Japanese invaders throughout the Philippines. With these forces General MacArthur will accomplish the liberation of the Filipino people. But that liberation can be accomplished more quickly and at smaller cost to American and Filipino lives with your help and co-operation. General MacArthur will tell you over the radio in proclamation and by leaflet exactly how and when you can help. Watch closely for these instructions." 4. Propaganda Leaflet 3-F-1 - A Message to Every Filipino.1944. 8" x 5.5" This leaflet bears a Philippine seal on the front and a picture of the president on the back. This leaflet bears no code but my files show that it was 3F1. Some of the text is: President Osmena elected to high office by the Filipino people at the last popular elections held in this country has returned to the Philippines with General MacArthur. He and the members of his government with the complete support and backing of the American government come to assist in the restoration of your freedom. There is a photograph of President Osmena on the back in front of a CBS microphone addressing the Philippine people. The title is: "The Need for Unity". 5. Propaganda Leaflet 4-F-6 - The Yanks Have Landed On your Island.1944. "8.5" x 5.25". Leaflet depicts American soldiers walking ashore. It was prepared on 23 September 1944 to be used on islands where the Americans land from D-Day to D plus 5. The back text is in English and warns the Filipinos to stay away from Japanese military objectives and ends with: "Remember: Planes bombs and shells cannot tell a friend from a foe." 6. Propaganda Leaflet 3-J-1 - Island Hopping.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". Army Psychological Warfare Branch leaflet 3-J-1 seems to be the first in a series of leaflets that depicts Japanese soldiers left behind as General MacArthur advanced using his "Island-Hopping" campaign. Other similar leaflets depicted a lone Japanese soldier standing on an island 6-J-1 or a lone Japanese soldier watching a battle take place on a nearby island 22-J-1. These leaflets all had the basic same message. You are cut off and there will be no resupply. There will be no food no water no ammunition and no reinforcements. Some of the text on this leaflet is: "Before you reach this miserable state which is more than men ought to endure so far from home we want you to keep something in mind. Those who choose to come to an honorable understanding with us will find that we treat them as human beings not as enemies. We shall hold it a duty to see that they gave clothing food shelter and medical care." This leaflet does not ask the Japanese soldier to surrender. To save face it simply asks that he reach an "honorable understanding" with the Americans. 7. Propaganda Leaflet 1bJ1 - I Surrender.1944. 9.5" x 13" Leaflet with English text on front and Japanese text on reverse. Some of the message is: "Officers and Soldiers of Japan The battle you have put up has our sincere respect. We are quite confident however that victory will be ours as in past operations. We have this confidence because of our officers and men our superior scientific equipment our artillery and our bombing. When you left home many thousands of miles away you thought the Japanese would win. You have since learned that your planes and equipment are no match for those of the Allied forces. Through the operations of our Air Force and navy air and sea supremacy on the Pacific south of Taiwan belongs to us. Because of this it is impossible to move raw materials of military importance from the South Seas to Japan. Therefore what is needed on the front line is lacking. For the same reason the very moving of supplies to the front line is difficult. We take it for granted therefore that you know you have no hope of winning. It is clear that your plight is not your fault but the fault of the army and navy staffs. With the battle hopeless what can you do You can come to an understanding with our forces and preserve yourself for the rebuilding of Japan. That was what Japanese officers and men on Guadalcanal and New Guinea did. They realized the futility of bloodshed and came to an understanding with us for the sake of their country after the war
." Propaganda leaflet research and cataloging by- SGM Herbert A. Friedman Ret. The United States PSYOP Organization in the Pacific during World War II. 8. Plan of the Day-U.S.S. Sangamon- for Tuesday 31 October 1944.Marked "Restricted".1 page Ship's Schedule listing activities 0435 - 1800 hours to front page. Reprinting of 3 congratulatory Radio despatches from Battle Commanders CINCPAC Nimitz Kinkaid Sprague to men participating in the Leyte Gulf Battle. 9. Radio Manus NTF Frequency Employment. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Chart depicting tree of radio frequencies disseminated throughout Radio Manus Control. Stamped "Confidential" to front and rear. Marked "CVE. 26" USS Sangamon in ink to rear. 8" x 10.5". 10. Aircraft Radio Frequency Tables and Air Ground Liaison. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear.Stamped USS Sangamon to rear.8" x 10.5". 11. Frequency Chart Task Force 78. Associated Ships and Commands. Appendix I Annex C. n.d. 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear. Chart detailing frequency distributions to ships and commands of Task Force 78 Northern Attack Force commanded by RearAdmiral Daniel Barbey at the Leyte Gulf Battle. 8" x 10.5". 12. Army Air Force Cloth Chart - Philippine Series.No. C-40 Luzon Island.Army Air Force Cloth Map - Asiatic Series. No. 34 Southeast China. Folding 2 sided limp cloth.1944. 20.5" x 27". 2 copies. 13. Army Air Force Cloth Map. No. 20 Ambonia. No.21 Halmahera. Folding 2 sided limp cloth. 1944. 28" x 34" . Sporadic Light Foxing. 14. Royal Australian Air Force Silk Map.Halmahera. n.d. c.1944. 31" x 23" Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted. Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted.Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Full Photos of this collection may be found at: http://www.heldfond.com/pages/books/8860/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-a-gathering-of-original-combat-despatches-and-various-original-ephemera hardcover books
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Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. New York Saturday January 20 1866. Vol. X. No. 473.
<p>Folio newspaper illustrated 33-48 pp. Some chipping tears and soiling to edges. spine and margins some creasing to front page especially near middle column occasional staining normal aging and browning; otherwise about very good. This issue which was published shortly after the Civil War has some excellent illustrations including a couple of cartoons by Thomas Nast. There is also a full-page illustration of American beauty featuring headshots of women. Another full-page illustrations shows the sentencing of Eduard Ketchum for forgery.</p> Harper & Brothers, books
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Harper's Weekly.
Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. New York Saturday April 13 1867. Vol. XI. No. 537.
<p>Folio newspaper illustrated 225-240 pp. Chips and small tears in margins a little staining or soiling normal aging and browning; otherwise very good. This is a well-illustrated issue with a number of wood engravings including a double page and three full-page illustrations. One of the full-page illustrations concerns the Fenian Uprising in Ireland. Another series of illustrations on features African hair fashions. More importantly this issue includes a significant Thomas Nast cartoon about Reconstruction and voting rights. This cartoon shows a black man with a vote permit and a white man representing the Confederate States of America without a vote.</p> Harper & Brothers, books
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Civil War
The New York Weekly News. Saturday October 29 1864. Vol. VIII. No. 50.
<p>Newspaper folded six columns 8 pp. Mostly uncut a few splits chips and tears at folds a couple of small pieces are missing from center column that goes through paper and results in some loss of text throughout creasing some foxing or darkening name stamp in top margin paper somewhat fragile and is folded. Overall condition fair or better for newsprint. This issue includes substantial Civil War coverage. Most of the front page is dedicated to the war including coverage of the Battle of Cedar Creek the war in Missouri the war in Tennessee and information about General Sherman's activities. An article "From the South" provides some additional war coverage on a subsequent page.</p> books
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Civil War.
The Chicago Times. Tuesday January 10 1865. Volume X. Number 15. The Naval Attack on Fort Fisher.
<p>Newspaper folio folded 4 pp. Some chips and folds and tears at edges one margin tear extends into text with slight loss creasing at folds some offset normal; aging; otherwise in very good condition. Better than average paper from this period. This issue of The Chicago Times includes an article that starts on the back page about the Naval Attack on Fort Fisher. The article indicates some mistakes were made by land forces. Perhaps more importantly there is a brief description of the role "the monitors" played in the battle. The little gunboats seemed to do well in this encounter. </p> books
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Civil War.
The Chicago Times. Tuesday December 13 1864. Volume X. Number 12. Annual Message of the President of the United States.
<p>Newspaper folio folded 4 pp. Some minor chips and folds at edges creasing at folds slight foxing less than normal aging; otherwise in very good condition. Much better than average paper from this period. This issue of The Chicago Times includes a short article on the activities of General Sherman on the second page. A back page article presents the President's annual message to the country. While Civil War discussion is absent or limited he comments on everything else from the Indian system to the public debt. # 106237</p> books
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The Chicago Times. Tuesday January 3 1865. Volume X. Number 14. The Capture of Savannah.
<p>Newspaper folio folded 4 pp. Some chips and folds at edges creasing at folds slight foxing less than normal aging; otherwise in very good condition. Much better than average paper from this period. This issue of The Chicago Times includes an article that starts on the front page about the capture of Savannah. Another front-page article covers Sherman's march through Georgia.</p> books
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LEE Loyd E. editor.
World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research.
Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 1998. Hardcover. 0313293260 . First printing. As new in burgundy cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
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World War I.
Newark Evening News. Germany Signs Armistice. Monday November 11 1918. No. 10780.
<p>Newspaper folio illustrated 8 pp. Paper brittle as expected folded chips and tears with some loss at center fold normal aging and browning; otherwise in fair or better condition. Historically significant newspaper that announces the end of WWI. Several articles about the armistice including the abdication of the Kaiser. While the paper is a little brittle it is still a readable copy. </p> books
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Civil War.
The New York Times. Saturday April 8 1865. Vol. XIV. NO. 4224.
<p>Newspaper folded six columns 8 pp. Some splits and tears at folds with some loss of text a couple of small pieces are missing creasing and chipping mostly in margins paper in a somewhat fragile state. Paper is folded in half at this point. Overall condition fair for newsprint. An exciting piece of Civil War history published the day before Lee surrendered. The paper is full of Civil War coverage including the capture of six Confederate Generals Sheridan's route of a rebel army and Lee's army broken up. The Times article talks of victory and the demise of the Confederate army. This issue is at the end of the Civil War and about a week before Lincoln would be assassinated. </p> books
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World War II.
New Air Raid Warning System.
<p>Wartime poster 20" x 27 3/4" color print and some illustration. Slight edgewear creases at folds normal aging; overall very good plus. Issued by the Office of Civil Defense OCD on February 17 1943 OCD Publication 7015 to explain the new air raid warning system. The "Blue Warning" which is a steady blast from the air raid siren tells us enemy plans are coming and what to do. The "Red Danger" indicates that bombs are expected to fall with a series of short blasts from the sirens. The "All Clear" notice appears to be done by radio announcement. A scary reminder from the not too distant past. </p> U.S. Government Printing Office, books
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WHITE Shane.
Stories of Freedom in Black New York.
Cambridge:: Harvard University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0674008936 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Harvard University Press, hardcover books
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Seward William H.
Speech of William H. Seward on the Management and Disposition of the Public Domain…
<p>8vo pamphlet partially uncut 15 pp. A good deal of foxing some darkening some edge chips and corner folds otherwise good. William Seward served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson during the critical Civil War period. He was also a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York. In this speech Seward discuss the merits of disposing of lands held by the Federal government. He also addresses the process of how this should be done which included giving some lands back to the individual states and promoting agriculture. </p> Buell & Blanchard, books
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Everett Edward.
Speech of Me. Everett of Massachusetts Delivered in the Senate of the United States February 8 1854 on the Kansas and Nebraska Bill.
<p>Pamphlet 8vo removed disbound printed double column 14 pp. Removed dbd some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. Edward Everett 1794-1865 was a Governor and U.S. Senator. In this speech he opposes what would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which would overturn the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allow each new state to decide if would be a free or slave state. Many feel this act would end up moving us toward the Civil War. </p> The Congressional Globe Office, books
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Americana 19th Century Photography Military History Civil War Era
Circa 1865 Military Tent Encampment Panoramic Photograph
No Place Listed: Not Published 1865. Image showing hundreds of tents guardhouses at perimeter a few soldiers and guards visible appearing to be in Union Army Civil War era uniform hilly landscape and river in background; skillfully spliced from three panels to create a panoramic view; overall approx. 5 1/4" x 22" size; dark brown cardstock mount approx. 10" x 27" no photographer or place listed; some edge tips wear to cardstock; image with spotting browning; still with plenty of detail and in good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
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Family Archive.
Letters and Documents of the Butcher Family Recording some Family History.
<p>Small family archive of letters 10 pieces in all some folio size other basic letter sheet size over 20 pages of text some docketed on reverse. Most pages are aged and browned some chips and tears a few holes at center folds a little staining but otherwise about very good. This family archive begins with a letter dated June 14 1840 and provides a glimpse of life in still early America during the pioneer period. In the first letter which is. from near Danville Missouri daughter Emily Lee and Adam Lee to father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia asking for money. Emily complains about poor health but tells him to consider moving out there where good land could be had. Another letter dated September 24 1840 is from Rock Island County Illinois from John H. Butcher to his father Ely in Randolph Virginia. John Butcher a farmer tells his father he is in "tolerable good health" but talks about some hard times where he lives. He comments on the rivers being very low and it appears his shipping costs were double what they should be. He stays he finds times very hard in this country harder than expected and adds he couldn’t get $1000 for his home at that time. He even makes a comment about a split in government but that the Whigs may feel they won writing not totally clear on this comment. On January 2 1842 from Danville Missouri we see another letter from Emily Lee to her father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia. This letter has a sad tone as Emily complains she hasn’t gotten a letter from her father in almost two years despite writing to him a few times. She says she feels neglected by her father and brothers and times are very hard. She mentions store credit is not available and they lost a horse. According to Emily her in-laws are no help and she has eight children to take care of. She tells her father she will see him in the spring and she expects him to do something about her situation. Seems like Ely’s kids are often in need and asking dad for help. On August 20 1844 John Butcher In Rock Island Illinois to Ely Butcher in Beverly Randolph County Virginia appears to be visited by his sister and his brother-in-law and sister Adam Lee and Emily lee. The farm is doing well and he indicates that oat and corn prices are "tolerable" and he expects to produce 800 bushes of corn and wheat. It appears his sister wants a divorce and it also appears John asks his father to intercede with his uncle Peyton about the land he uses. He seems to be tired of being a renter. He asks his father to negotiate a deal and help him pay for it. He apologizes for the tone of the letter but sounds a little desperate. There are also what appears to be some detailed receipts for the goods of Ely Butcher the dates appear to be 1842 and 1843. In fourth receipt the date is unclear but could be as late as 1866. A final document is a marriage certificate for Hannah Hart Butcher and the date is November 22 1911.</p> books
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War Department
MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF INFANTRY OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1917
Washington: G. P. O. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. Small blue cloth manual complete in 350 pages. With 2 folding plates. Good binding sound. . G. P. O. hardcover books
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Civil War
Herrick Harrison B. Group of three daily diaries for 1861 1863 1865 and two others for 1866 and 1867. Together five diaries
<p>Group of three daily diaries for 1861 1863 1865 and two others for 1866 and 1867. Together five diaries. Various places: 1861-1867. Each 12mo morocco wallet style bindings four black one red. Diaries for 1861 and 1863 in pencil others combination of pencil and ink. All bindings are worn 1863 is more so and a couple have some tears along edges and hinges. The 1866 diary has more significant wearm and some cracks along the edges. Group of 10 pages are loose in 1863. Condition of writing varies but generally fairly legible. Overall the group is in very good condition.Herrick was from Syracuse New York and served in Company D of the 110th Regiment of the New York Volunteers. However information from the National Park Service archive suggest he served with the 12 Regiment out of New York. He appears to have served during the siege at Port Hudson and did garrison duty at the infamous Union prison Fort Jefferson in Florida. The first diary covers his enlistment in April 1861 to the end of that year. The diary describes training and the trip to Washington where the regiment was reviewed by President Lincoln. It appears that in July 1861 he was discharged for medical reasons but for some reason he re-inlisted in August 1862. The diary for 1863 covers the entire year and includes descriptions of the siege and assault on Port Hudson. Herrick seems to have been ill during this period and stayed in camp a lot. In February 1864 Herrick and the 110th began garrison duty at Fort Jefferson the much reviled Union prison located on Garden Key Island in the Gulf of Mexico. While Herrick’s descriptions often seem somewhat monotonous the weather his health which ships came in his impressions of various drills this diary is one of very few first hand accounts inside the prison. There are some interesting entries including a prison detail discovering coffins while digging a foundation for a new building an officer arrested for selling whiskey to prisoners and a prisoner being "strung up" for stealing. Perhaps the most significant content of this diary is related to Lincoln’s assassination. In an entry on April 22nd a ship brings news to the prison "they had three prisoners slung up for rejoicing over it" Then in an entry dated July 24th the naval transport Florida brought three of the Lincoln assassination conspirators Samuel Arnold Michael O’Laughlin and Dr. Samuel Mudd to the prison. This prison wasn’t known for kindly treatment of prisoners the weather usually very hot and humid and the place was infested with bugs and misquotes. The food was what you would expect and Samuel Arnold was reported to have said the meat was so rotten "dogs ran from it." nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers</p> books
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Civil War.
American Caricatures Pertaining to the Civil War.
<p>Oblong 8vo cloth gilt title on top cover and spine illustrated. Top hinge a little weak but firm some extremity wear and back cover wear normal aging; otherwise very good plus. This little work includes a short history of political caricature from James Gillray to Thomas Nast. This is a charming collection of political humor that includes views on major events to those that have long been forgotten. The themes are of course relevant to the day and express sentiments at that time. Some are racist like a cartoon of Abe Lincoln sitting on a woodpile labeled the 'Republican Platform' showing a black person under the pile and with a caption "The Nigger in the Woodpile." Another cartoon features a general representing the Union hitting various Southern leaders linked to secession with a club. </p> Brentano's, books
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: 104188
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World War II
“America is not and never was a matter of race or ancestry.â€
<p>Wartime poster 27 ¾ x19 ¾ large eagle engraving at the top of the poster printed in red and black. Creases where folded. This rare U.S. Government wartime poster attempts to promote equality by reminding Americans that race and ancestry shouldn’t matter in our country. It reminds us that every American "should be given the opportunity to serve the country" and help the war effort. While this was certainly a noble goal this poster was printed at a time when our armed forces were still largely segregated.</p> U.S. Government Printing Office: books
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: 100607
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HAWLEY Thomas M
Remains of War: Bodies Politics and the Search for American Soldiers Unaccounted For in Southeast Asia
Durham:: Duke University Press. Fine. 2005. Paperback. 0822335387 . First paperback edition. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Duke University Press, paperback books
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: 37809 ISBN : 0822335387 9780822335382
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LOWRY Thomas P
Tarnished Eagles: The Courts-Martial of Fifty Union Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0811715973 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Stackpole Books hardcover books
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: 35057 ISBN : 0811715973 9780811715973
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RAUS Jr. Edmund J
Banners South: A Northern Community at War
Kent: Kent State University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0873388429 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Kent State University Press hardcover books
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: 33407 ISBN : 0873388429 9780873388429
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