Arrowsmith George Edited Applegate John (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, xiv, 254, (i) pgs; frontis portrait, errata, appendix. Original blue cloth with gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends; spine lightly rubbed. Interior is clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: A lawyer before the war, Arrowsmith was mustered in as Captain and commander of Company D, 26th New York Volunteer Infantry on May 21, 1861, and served with his unit until August 1862, when he was transferred to the United States Army Adjutant General department. He served as an Assistant Adjutant General until November 1862, when he resigned from that department to accept a commission of Lieutenant Colonel of the 157th New York Volunteer Infantry. On the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg he was taken sick, but opted to stay with his men, despite the objections of his regimental surgeon. On the first day of the battle (July 1, 1863) the 157th New York was defending the XI Corps line north of the town when Lieutenant Colonel Arrowsmith was shot in the forehead. Taken unconscious to a field hospital, he died a few hours later. REFERENCES: Dornbusch I: NY-567. NEVINS I pg 52: "A sentimental tribute to an officer killed at Gettysburg; contains excerpts from his letters".