Author: (ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE)
Title: Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of Tennessee, at the Eleventh Annual Meeting, Held at St. Paul, Minnesota, September 5th and 6th, 1877
Description: Cincinnati, The Society, 1885. Hardcover. Small 4to. Emerald green blind-embossed pebble-grained cloth over beveled boards with gilt lettering and decorations. 486pp, (14pp). Color frontispiece, 2 foldout maps (one color). Near fine. Exceptionally "tight 'n' bright" first edition of this reunion series, here containing reports for the 11th, 12th and 13th proceedings. Pristine maps titled "Battlefield / 22nd of July 1864 / before / ATLANTA" and partly-color "Battle of / ATLANTA, / July 22d 1864." This unusually fresh copy -- gilt as bright as the day published -- bears the huge and bold ownership signature on inner flyleaf of "D.B. Henderson / Dubuque, Iowa / Sept 9, 1885." David B. Henderson (1840-1906) served Congress as U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1883 to 1903 and as Speaker of the House from 1899 to 1903 -- more importantly, he served valiantly in the Union army from 1861 to 1864, getting shot in the neck at the Battle of Fort Donelson and losing a foot and part of a leg in the Second Battle of Corinth, both in 1862. Interestingly, the membership roster near the close does NOT list Henderson as a member. The 14 pages of Society officers from its inception in 1865 until 1878 is an incredible "Who's Who" of the military mighty (Generals John Rawlins, John A. Logan, O.O. Howar, G.M. Dodge, William T. Sherman, John Pope, etc.). A most unusual copy in cannot-be-beat condition. .

Keywords: Civil War


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