"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."
– Robert E. Lee
A rare 1902 report of the history of the Battle of Gettysburg. This impressive three-volume set includes all the expected maps and is bound in original blue cloth with a decorative, colored stamp on the front. This work was composed and funded by the New York Monuments Commission, which sought to honor the dead soldiers from the Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Chattanooga, and the Battle of Antietam.
Item number: #23828
Price: $750
New York Monuments Commission
Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg
Albany N.Y.: J.B. Lyon Co., Printers, 1902. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – 454
o Vol. II – [2], 455-934
o Vol. III – [2], 935-1462
o Heavily illustrated with photographs of landmarks, gravestones, and monuments
o Includes 5 folding maps:
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