AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-1847. Letters of Robert Anderson, Captain 3rd Artillery, U.S.A. With a Prefatory Word by His Daughter, Eba Anderson Lawton

Anderson, Robert; Eba Anderson Lawton [ed.]

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1911

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1911. xvi, [2], 339 pages, plus frontispiece and twenty full-page plates (as called for the list of illustrations). Original publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 22 x 15 cm. The cloth shows some faint soiling and minor rubbing to extremities; slight marginal foxing to text pages facing plates; the title page also shows some mild soiling. Still, a very good copy. FIRST EDITION. Before becoming famous as the hero of Fort Sumter, Robert Anderson (1805-1871) served in the Mexican War, under command of his friend, Winfield Scott. Anderson fought in the siege of Vera Cruz and the battle of Cerro Gordo, before he was badly wounded at the battle of Molino del Rey. In the present letters, Anderson writes to his wife, detailing his life in camp and his battlefield experiences. Tutorow, "The Mexican-American War: An Annotated Bibliography," 4019. Seller Inventory # 0000957

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Title: AN ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE MEXICAN WAR, ...

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York

Publication Date: 1911

Edition: First edition.