- Samuel B. Holabird, Union Brigadier General, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE of the WAR DEPT LIBRARY (Including Law Library) - AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS. It measures 11.5 x 8 inches and has 325 pages. 1882. The book is signed by Civil War General Samuel B. Holabird on the inside cover and features his Ex Libris library stickers. The cover of the book has water damage as pictured -- but the autograph and the majority of the pages inside the book are not affected. There are many notes, or annotations, written in pencil inside the book which add to its character as they were probably written by the General Holabird. The Secretary of War at the time of the books writing was Robert T. Lincoln. From Wikipedia: Holabird served as quartermaster of the Union Army encampment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from June to August, 1861. He was quartermaster of the camp in Frederick, Maryland from August, 1861 to July, 1862. He was quartermaster of the division commanded by Nathaniel P. Banks in July and August 1862, followed by assignment as the quartermaster of the Army of Virginia's II Corps. Holabird took part in the Northern Virginia campaign, then served with the Army of the Potomac during the Maryland campaign, including the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. He was chief quartermaster of the Department of the Gulf from December 1862 to July 1865, and participated in the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana from May 25 to July 9, 1863. Holabird became ill in Louisiana and was on sick leave from July 13, 1863, to October 1, 1865. While he recovered, Holabird translated Antoine-Henri Jomini's Treatise on Grand Military Operations from French to English, enabling the U.S. military to make use of Jomini's work. He served as depot quartermaster in New Orleans from October 1 to December 16, 1865. From October 1, 1865, to March 7, 1866, Holabird was the chief quartermaster of the Department of Louisiana. Holabird received a brevet promotion to major to recognize his distinguished service and he was promoted to the permanent rank of major on July 2, 1862. He received a temporary promotion to colonel on July 11, 1862. At the end of the war, he received brevet promotions to lieutenant colonel, colonel, and brigadier general to recognize the superior service he displayed during the course of the war.