[Rarebooks] fs: Memoir of "the Rock of Chickamauga, " 1st ed., 1881

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(No. 9511 )  Johnson, Richard W[ashington]. (1827-1897). MEMOIR OF MAJ.-GEN. 
GEORGE H. THOMAS.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. First printing, Original cloth, 
Octavo, 322 pages, Black & white engraved plates. Very Good, ex-library.
      George Henry Thomas was a career army officer who, unlike his fellow 
Virginian, Robert E. Lee, decided to throw his lot in with the Union when 
the Civil War broke out. The early chapters include information on Gen. 
Thomas's early life, the Seminole War, the War with Mexico, and Indian 
campaigns in Texas. Thomas's defense of Chickamauga prevented a total rout 
of the Union forces in 1863, earning him the nickname "the Rock of 
Chickamauga." He also performed valuable service at Chattanooga and 
Nashville, but never achieved much acclaim. DORNBUSCH, Vol. II #2508; NEVINS 
et al, Vol. II p.67. This copy is from a private institutional library and 
bears a few stamps and a catalogue number on spine, but no pockets or bits 
pasted in. Bound in dark green cloth over bevelled boards, spine titled in 
gilt, spine and upper board have top and bottom borders stamped in black, 
lower board stamped in blind. Facsimile signature of Gen. Thomas in gilt on 
upper board. Minor extremity rubs, a bit of silverfishing to exterior, front 
hinge has a 1' split at top edge.    $125.00
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