THE JOURNALS OF THE LATE BREVET MAJOR PHILIP NORBOURNE BARBOUR CAPTAIN IN THE THIRD REGIMENT, UNITED STATES INFANTRY AND HIS WIFE, MARTHA ISABELLA HOPKINS BARBOUR, WRITTEN DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO - 1846.

Doubleday, Rhoda Van Bibber Tanner.

Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936

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1936, xiv, 187pp, illustrated. Top and bottom of spine bumped, sine label lightly sunned, else G+. Limited to 1000cc, this number 808, signed by the author. Coleman 2361. Major Barbour was born in Henderson, Kentucky in 1813. He graduated from West Point and served in the Mexican War, as a member of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. He died at the Battle of Monterrey. The editor was the granddaughter of Barbour's wife, Martha Isabella Hopkins, and John T. Bunch, whom she married after Barbour's death. Barbour's journal entries are from March to September, 1846, the day before his death and Mrs. Barbour's cover the period July through October. Seller Inventory # 11848

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE JOURNALS OF THE LATE BREVET MAJOR PHILIP...

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons

Publication Date: 1936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition