*Autographed* [1897 Civil War] General McClellan: A Paper Read Before the Iowa Commandery; Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Kenyon Press, 1897-01-01. Leather. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. This copy is *AUTOGRAPHED* by the Author on the blank free front endpage in pencil - 'Presented to Col F. G. ?Gounnon? by the Author.' (That last name is difficult to make out.) (Autographed, but not Signed, in that the author wrote the above note, in his own hand, but didn't Sign his name.) Full leather limp boards. Fair (2 of 10) top corner water-stained. leather chipped at all edges and detached from boards at edges - still attached at spine. B&W author frontis plate with tissue guard. Bagged for protection with a stiff backing board. 41 pages. illustrated endpages. Gilt cover title, thin - no title printed on the spine. [Only 9 copies of this book are shown on worldcat. This might be the only Autographed copy yet existent.] [George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American soldier, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th Governor of New Jersey. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and later left the Army to work on railroads until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Early in the conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and played an important role in raising a well-trained and organized army, which would become the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater; he served a brief period (November 1861 to March 1862) as general-in-chief of the Union Army. McClellan organized and led the Union army in the Peninsula Campaign in southeastern Virginia from March through July 1862. It was the first large-scale offensive in the Eastern Theater. Making an amphibious clockwise turning movement around the Confederate Army in northern Virginia, McClellan's forces turned west to move up the Virginia Peninsula, between the James and York Rivers, landing from the Chesapeake Bay, with the Confederate capital, Richmond, as their objective. Initially, McClellan was somewhat successful against General Joseph E. Johnston, but the emergence of General Robert E. Lee to command the Army of Northern Virginia turned the subsequent Seven Days Battles into a partial Union defeat. However, historians note that Lee's victory was in many ways pyrrhic as he failed to destroy the Army of the Potomac and suffered a bloody repulse at Malvern Hill.] [See also - Campaigning With the Sixth Maine. A Paper Read Before the Iowa Commandery; Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. by the same author.]. * * * * * * * * * * [FREE Media Mail Shipping! Images available for any item, just ask. Any images shown next to the listing that have our www.aCastleofBooks.com watermark on them are the exact item you will receive, all other images are for reference only. Free delivery confirmation for domestic orders. Books with Author signatures are guaranteed authentic. We understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging. We stand behind our descriptions 100%. All items will be shipped securely to insure that they arrive in exactly the same condition in which they left. May have small easily erasable pencil markings on first page. Our Packing Slips do not contain any pricing information so you may order items as Gifts or for Dropship without concern. We ship every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning. All items subject to prior sale. Why the odd prices? We run a percent discount for our Biblio listings, which insures Biblio has our lowest prices online, but does give odd change.]