From Everglade to Canon,Second Dragoons,US Cavalry,1st edition,GEN. GREGG'S COPY
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From Everglade to Canon,Second Dragoons,US Cavalry,1st edition,GEN. GREGG'S COPY. Rodenbough, Theo. Hardcover, D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1875, VG, First edition. Thick small 4to. Rebacked in cloth with most of original spine cloth re-laid, lettered in gilt. Rodenbough, Theo. F. , From Everglade to Canon With the Second Dragoons Second United States Cavalry An Authentic Account of Service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian Country Including the Personal Recollections of Prominent Officers Hardcover, D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1875, VG, First edition. Thick small 4to. Rebacked in cloth with most of original spine cloth re-laid, lettered in gilt. "An authentic account of service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian country" (from the title). Illustrated with 5 chromolithographs as well as wood engravings, line drawings, line drawings and two folding maps. Contains extensive material on the Indian wars and the west. UNION GENERAL DAVID McCMURTRIE GREGG'S COPY, "COMPLIMENT'S OF [HIS] BROTHER" AS INSCRIBED IN INK WITH 1875 DATE, AND ACQUIRED BY THE PRESENT OWNER FROM GEN. GREGG'S FAMILY IN THE 1960s WHEN THEY WERE NEIGHBORS IN READING, PA, WHERE THEY AND THE GENERAL HAD SETTLED AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. ALSO SIGNED IN INK ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT BLANK BY GENERAL GREGG WITH HIS FINE AND UNMISTAKEABLE PENMANSHIP "D McM GREGG-" [SEE PHOTO]. With An Appendix Containing Orders, Reports and Correspondence, Military Records, Etc. 1836-1875, Compiled by Theo. F. Rodenbough Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General United States Army (Late Captain Second Cavalry) 561 pages, frontis, illustrations, maps, + advertisements, rebound with original front and rear cover, spine has the majority of original cloth retained. Front cover has gold emblem. The Florida War 1836-42, Louisiana- Texas 1843-44, The War with Mexico, 1845-48, Civil War 1861-66, Colorado-Nebraska-Wyoming-Montana 1866-75. Howes R395, Graff 3544, Rader 2813
