Canons

1903 · réf. 11772 — no place: no imprint 1903. First Edition. Staplebound. Very good . Octavo 39pp. A very good or better copy in the publisher's stapled wraps. Faint vertical crease throughout; long ago flattened. Mild corner wear; contents clean. Cannon the "Reunion Secretary" for the unit was in charge of publication and he has INSCRIBED the volume on the title page above his printed name: "To Comrade H. A. Smith with compliments." Holograph inscription on the front wrap which reads "comps H. A. S. to A. B. S." An extemely scarce pamphlet which was no doubt produced in small numbers. Company K of the 150th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized out of a group of volunteers almost entirely from Oberlin College who answered the Ohio Governor's call for 35000 troops to serve for 100 days during the summer of 1864 to defend existing Union railway lines and supply houses in the Mid-Atlantic including Washington. The regiment fought in a number of small skirmishes as well as the Battle of Fort Stevens where President Lincoln was quite nearly killed by Confederate sharpshooters. This regimental narrative if brief is detailed and difficult to find anywhere. Biographies of every soldier including details of their lives in the 49 years since their service are collected at the rear including most of their home addresses. OCLC records five physical holdings at the LOC Oberlin and three Cleveland institutions. Untraced at auction. Ryan 100; not in Broadfoot. [no imprint] unknown