Augustus l chetlain (11 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Green cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear, rubbing, soiling, and bumped corners. Name of former owner on the front endpaper, a loose gutter in the prelims. Pages are tanned.

Hardcover. 8vo. Original green blind-embossed cloth, gilt. 304pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Errata slip tipped in. Very good. Mild bit of faint edgewear; single missing leaf (pp. 15-16) provided with expert modern facsimile on period paper. Tight and handsome first edition of this quite scarce memoir by one of Galena, Illinois' famed nine generals (U.S. Grant among them), which William E. Parrish describes: "Although the great bulk of these memoirs recounts Chetlain's experiences as a soldier, the book also contains many insights of wartime Galena, Ill." Chetlain (1824-1914) was supposedly the first Illinoisan to volunteer in the Civil War, and formed a regiment with his friend Grant; he participated in a number of major battles, and rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general; after the war he entered banking in Chicago, serving as director of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Discreet ex-library, the only markings being a small blind-embossing on the title page and, on the front pastedown, the tasteful bookplate of Chetlain's hometown library: Galena, Illinois. Even better, this copy was given the library in 1961 by the Hughlett family. Samuel Hughlett (1808-64) was an early Galena settler who owned smelting furnaces on a branch of the Galena River (now named the Hughlett Branch); he inherited many slaves from his father's Kentucky plantation, but brought them to Galena and manumitted them. Hughlett is mentioned a number of times in this volume. A sharp copy of this scarce title with a choice local connection. FLAKE 1264. NEVINS II, 145.…

First edition of Major General Chetlain's Civil War memoir. Octavo, original cloth, patterned endpapers, frontispiece portrait. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Eugene F. Estey Esg. with the best wishes of the author." In near fine condition. Uncommon in this condition and signed. Union Army general Augustus Louis Chetlain was the first man in Illinois to volunteer at the outbreak of the American Civil War. On April 16, he was part of a meeting held in Galena to raise a volunteer company and, with Ulysses S. Grant, was prominent in its creation. When Grant declined the post, he suggested for Chetlain to be elected as the company's captain. In Springfield in late April the 12th Illinois Infantry was organized, and Chetlain's company was added to it. On May 2 he entered the Union Army as captain of the 12th Illinois, and the next day, he was elected the regiment's lieutenant colonel.…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 304; portrait frontispiece, original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt; ex-James J. Hill Library, with call number on spine, and pressure stamp on title page; hinges cracked; good and still reasonably sound. James J. Hill's personal copy, with an inscription to him from Chetlain on the flyleaf. Chetlain was the first man from Illinois to volunteer in the Civil War and a good friend of Ulysses S. Grant. The book covers his military career as well as the regional history of Galena, Illinois.…

One of the famed nine Union generals that hailed from tiny Galena, Illinois -- the "City of Nine Generals," most famously Ulysses S. Grant -- was this wealthy merchant, who was supposedly the first Illinoisan to volunteer in the Civil War, and formed a regiment with his friend Grant; he participated in a number of major battles and rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general; after the war he entered banking in Chicago, serving as director of the Chicago Stock Exchange. PDS (pencil), 1p, 5¼" X 8½", n.p., n.y. Near fine. Minor edgewear. Printed broadside of a poem likely NOT authored by Chetlain -- titled "Growing Old," this 7-stanza poem begins: "Softly, O softly, the years have swept by thee, / Touching thee lightly with tenderest care; / Sorrow and death they have often brought nigh thee, / Yet they have left thee but beauty to wear. / Growing old gracefully, / Gracefully fair." This popular late 19th century tear-jerker has no author attributed to it. Highly sentimental, it discusses the vagaries of age and the wisdom that can come with it. It appears in a number of hymnals and poetry anthologies of that era. Along the bottom edge of this copy, Chetlain pencils a small: "Chicago Nov 1901 / ALC." Why Chetlain would sign and date a broadside printing of this syrupy verse is a complete mystery and we offer no theory. In 1899 he did publish a memoir "Recollections of Seventy Years," but this text does not appear in it and apparently bears no relevance to it. The broadside has been free-floated against a cream double mat and 3/4" walnut bead-edged frame (overall dimensions 10¼" X 14"). Quite unusual and likely one of a kind. Signed.…