Recollections of Seventy Years by CHETLAIN, AUGUSTUS L - 1899

The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899T. hardcover. 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.

Galena, IL: Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. Very Good. Galena, IL: Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's gilt-lettered cloth, floral endpapers; 304pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Moderate wear to cloth extremities, else a Very Good, bright and sound example. Blend of personal memoir and local Galena history from the Black Hawk War of 1832 to the turn of the 20th century. Errata slip bound in between pp. [4] & [5].

Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. 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… Read More

Galena: Gazette Publishing, 1899. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait. Green cloth, patterned end-papers, spine sunned and frayed, light shelf-wear and soiling to boards; gutters torn, a little loose, otherwise good. First edition of General Chetlain's memoirs. Chetlain (1824-1914) was a long-time friend of Ulysses S. Grant, having served under him during the war, where he attained the rank of Major General. Apparently he was a frequent visitor to Grant's White House, where they spent many an evening playing cards. After the war, he lived in Utah and traveled as a diplomat to Belgium before becoming director of the Chicago Stock Exchange.

Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. 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.

Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. 304pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth, gilt title on front board and spine. Light edge wear. Very good. Chetlain, who had a long personal connection with Ulysses S. Grant, held a variety of assignments during the Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of brigadier and brevet major general. This memoir describes his war service, which included action at Shiloh. Chetlain also recounts the early history of Galena, and his post-war experiences as a tax official in Utah, where he also had dealings with Indians, and as a diplomat in Belgium, where he met and befriended George Catlin. NEVINS II, p.145. DORNBUSCH I (Ohio) 103. FLAKE 1264

Galena: The Gazette Publishing Company, 1899. 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.