Memorial of Henry Sanford Gansevoort, Captain Fifth Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel by Brevet, U.S.A., Colonel Thirteenth New York State Volunteer Calvary, and Brigadier-General of Volunteers by Brevet

Hoadley, John Chipman

Boston : Privately Printed, 1875

Bound in handsome, contemporary 3/4 red leather over marbled boards. Spine ruled in gilt. Light rubbing.  Top edge gilt.  333 p., [24] plates (portraits) ; 22 cm.  Title page lists 1875, but the dedication page states second ed, 1882. This is the Second edition published in 1882 with an additional preface by the Gansevoort's sister not in the 1875 edition. The collected letters of Col. Gansevoort, a cousin of Herman Melville. He served in the 5th U.S. Artillery at Antietam and Second Bull Run during the war, and later commanded a fort at Pensacola. U.S. artillery -- 5th regiment -- 1861-1901.