Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the Union, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion, etc. in Two Volumes

WILSON, James Harrison 1837-1925

Published by NY: D. Appleton, 1912

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1stedn. 2 vols. 8vo blue cloth bds, gilt titles, top edge gilt. some edge rubbing to the blue covers. Cracked hinges, letter tipped in loose in volume 2 from author to PO at rear dated No 25, 1913 signed James H. Wilson; pages tanned two volumes in the original gilt navy blue pictorial under with the frontisportrait of Major General Wilson signed on the plate in volumes One and Two. Photo tipped inside fntcvr vol 1 signed by PO references the letter tipped in at rear of volume, PO bookplate of W. I. Babb, Ex-university IA Wesleyan library marks, ow VG/ndj as publ: xvi, 580 & ix, 582pp. SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR TO PO TIPPED IN AT REAR VOLUME ONE. A complete life-spanning autobiography of the Union Army Major General who served as an aide to McClellan and Grant during the American Civil War. His personal memoir of the War for the Union, its aftermath, his adventures prior and during the Spanish American War and finally his experiences in China in the Boxer Revolution on pp517-543./ASSOCIATION PO: Washington Irving Babb, Oct 2, 1844- Sept 4, 1925 [Iowa City Press Citizen,Sept 8, 1925] Funeral of W. I. Babb, G.A.R. Marker /Services for Former Iowa District Judge Held on Labor Day/ MT. PHEASANT, la., Sept. 8 Funeral services were held here yesterday 'for Washington I. Babb, former district judge, state representative and democratic leader, who died at his home in Aurora,Ill. The services were held at the home of Congressman W. F. Kopp, Mr. Babb's nephew. Mr. Babb had made his home in Illinois for ten years. He served one term on the twentieth district bench, was a Henry county member of the Iowa house, and candidate for governor on the democratic ticket in 1896. He was the first grand commander of the Knights Templar of Iowa, a memberof the G. A. R., and was for fifty-two years a trustee of Iowa Wesleyan college. Washington Irving Babb, b. 2 Oct 1844, Des Moines Co., IA, d. Sep 1925, Aurora, Kane Co., IL, bur. 7 Sep 1925, m. Alice Bird, 9 Oct 1873, Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co., IA, G.A.R. Marker.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the Union, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion, etc. in Two Volumes
• Publisher: NY: D. Appleton
• Publication Date: 1912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)