Campaign Sketches of The War With Mexico (FIRST EDITION. ORIGINAL BINDING)
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1847. Illustrated with engravings. First Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. ORIGINAL BINDING. Hardcover. Boards are bound in red publisher's cloth with blind debossed ornamentation and a gilt eagle debossed on the front cover. Paneled spine bears debossed ornamentation and gilt lettering. Illustrated with engravings and maps in black and white throughout. Frontispiece is an engraving of Corpus Christi. [vi] 331 pp.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "William Seaton Henry (1816–1851) a United States Army officer, son of John V. Henry, a prominent New York lawyer, was born at Albany, New York, in May 1816. He was married at New Orleans in 1837 to Arietta Livingston. They had two daughters and one son, Guy Vernor Henry, who became a brigadier general in the United States Army. Henry attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and upon graduation in June 1835 was assigned as a brevet second lieutenant to the Third Infantry regiment. He served continuously with the Third throughout his military career. In April 1836 his regiment marched from Fort Jesup, Louisiana, to the Sabine River, where it formed a part of the force of Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, who had been ordered to take post near that river during Antonio López de Santa Anna's movement through Texas. In the summer of 1838 Henry was detailed to proceed to Nacogdoches, Texas, to confer with Sam Houston on Indian disturbances. He continued to serve at various posts in Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, and Florida until July 1845, when he and his Company K of the Third Infantry were the first of Gen. Zachary Taylor's forces to disembark at Corpus Christi. He remained with the army of occupation during its stay at Corpus Christi, made the overland march to the Rio Grande, and fought in the Mexican War battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. Shortly after those battles, Henry received his promotion to captain and, except for a brief interval due to illness, served continuously in Mexico throughout the war. During the war he wrote a series of descriptive letters that were published in the Spirit of the Times, a weekly newspaper published in New York, under the pseudonym G**DE L***. These letters, revised and published in 1847 as Campaign Sketches of the War with Mexico, contain one of the best detailed accounts of the advance of Taylor's army of occupation from the Nueces to the Rio Grande."( Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas )
CONDITION: This edition is in overall "very good" condition as it is slightly warped, with wear and discoloration to the covers and spine. Spine is sunned and slightly cocked. Moderate dent is present in the center edge of the front board. Hinges are weakening, yet boards are firmly affixed and binding is sound. Foxing throughout, yet text remains legible. Pages are free from any marginalia, annotation or creasing. A remarkable copy, and the perfect gift for any military enthusiast or United States historian.
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