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Memoir of Ulric Dahlgren
by Dahlgren, (Rear Admiral) John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1871. Octavo. 308 pages. (4)pp. ads. In 1864, he led an unsuccessful raid on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia and was killed. The failed raid resulted in the Dahlgren Affair after incriminating documents were discovered on Dahlgren's corpse which contained orders for an assassination plot against Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The discovery and publication of the Dahlgren Papers sparked controversy in the South. The disrespectful display of Dahlgren's corpse in Richmond inflamed Northern public opinion. There is speculation that these papers may have contributed to John Wilkes Booth's decision to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln a year later. Inscribed by Mrs. Dahlgren on the second blank, bound in brown cloth over beveled boards centrally stamped in blind, spine lettering gilt, brown coated endpapers, slight wear to spine ends and corners, some toning to page edges. A very nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027312
- Title
- Memoir of Ulric Dahlgren
- Author
- Dahlgren, (Rear Admiral) John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Ulric Dahlgren, 1842-1864; Union attack on Richmond, 1964; John Wilkes Booth's and the Assassination of Lincoln; The Plot to Kill Jefferson Davis
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Military History;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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