LED ON! Step By Step. Scenes From Clerical, Military Educational, And Plantation Life In The South. 1828 - 1898 An Autobiography by A. Toomer Porter, D.D.

1st edition, 1898. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 462 pp., bound in publishers burgundy cloth with titles in gilt on spine and author facsimile signature in gilt on front cover. Small stamp of previous seller inside front cover. Inscription on first end page. Text appears unmarked. INSCRIBED by Edward C. Lovell to Andrew Hickenlooper. Judge Edward C. Lovell had been a member of the Illinois legislature and also served two terms as Probate Judge of Kane county. He was also mayor of Elgin, IL from 1877-1878. He was a member of the Loyal Legion and during the Civil War attained rank of Captain in the Federal army. Andrew Hickenlooper was an Ohioan civil engineer, politician, industrialist, and a Union Army lieutenant colonel of artillery and engineers. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.