Author: (IOWA -- CIVIL WAR)
Title: Battle Flag Day" August 10, 1894: Ceremonials Attending the Transfer of the... Battle Flags of the Iowa Regiments from the Arsenal to the Capitol
Description: Des Moines, F.R. Conaway, State Printer, 1896. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey blind-ruled cloth with gilt front board lettering and pictorial stamping. 85pp. Frontispiece, 5 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Faint handling to binding only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this "Report of the Battle Flag Committee Appointed by the Twenty=Fourth General Assembly to Provide Cases and Transfer the Iowa Battle Flags from the Arsenal to the Capitol," being the text of the state governor's proclamation and speechifying from him and other dignitaries, as well as an itemized inventory of all 138 flags. Front flyleaf bears a large, bold presentation inscription in black ink: "Hyde Clarke Post G.A.R. / Dubuque Ia / Compliments of / Jno. R. Prime." Prime (1847-1923), whose signature also appears in facsimile on the opening text page, was a career Army officer who first served as private with Company K of the 27th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War, served as adjutant-general and was raised to brigadier general in 1896. Front flyleaf depicts Frank D. Jackson, Iowa's Republican governor, and title page includes a dramatic red, white and blue graphic of a flying American flag with battle-shredded edges. Scarce and quite an exceptional copy. .

Keywords: Civil War


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