- William H. Ludlow, Union Major General, 73 rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Speaker of the New York Assembly, Inspiration for the character in “Legends of the Fall” - Phoenixiana… New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1863. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. [1], 274pp., [14]pp publisher's catalog, [1]. Frontispiece sketch. A few illustrated pages. Brown pebble cloth hardcover border stamped in blind on covers with gilt illustration on front board. Gilt illustration and title on spine. Cloth head and base of spine has light edge wear. Book plate and signature of Civil War Officer Col. Wm. H. Ludlow on front paste down. "Wm. H. Ludlow U.S.A. Fort Monroe Va" inscribed on the right front flyleaf. "Col. William H. Ludlow USA" written on verso of right front flyleaf. "William Ludlow USCC West Point NY July 28th, 1863" written on front blank end sheet. John Phoenix is a pseudonym for George Horatio Derby author of this book. From Wikipedia: “William Handy Ludlow (April 2, 1821, Yonkers, Westchester County, New York - September 26, 1890, Oakdale, Suffolk County, New York) was an American politician. During the Civil War, he joined the 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry as a 2nd Lieutenant and was soon attached to the staff of Major General John Adams Dix and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and aide-de-camp to the General. At the end of the Civil War, he was the agent for exchange of prisoners at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and was brevetted Brigadier General and Major General, US Volunteers, on March 13, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services during the war. Ludlow served under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker in the Atlanta Campaign, and was appointed a brevet captain for gallantry at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. He was on the staff of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman in both the March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign. In March 1865, he was appointed a brevet lieutenant colonel. William Ludlow is featured in the novella Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison and the 1994 film. In one scene (at 25 min, 24 sec), the book Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota[7] (which is an actual book authored by the real William Ludlow) is shown and referred to as the work of the fictional William Ludlow. In the film he is portrayed by Anthony Hopkins.”