- James Scott Negley, Union Major General, 8 th Division, Army of the Ohio, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania - Typed Letter Signed., 1p. 4to., Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 1870, in part: ‘...Enclosing an invitation to attend the reunion of the society of the Army of the Cumberland...it is my present intention to be present...I shall communicate the wishes of your committee to the members of the society residing in this vicinity and advise you...' Signed at the conclusion. Inlaid into large 4to. stock. Light spotting along the edges, else very good. From Wikipedia: On April 19, 1861, Negley was appointed brigadier general in the Pennsylvania Militia. He raised a brigade of Pennsylvania volunteers and served under Robert Patterson in the Shenandoah Valley in 1861. His appointment as brigadier general expired on July 20 but he was reappointed brigadier general of volunteers on October 1, 1861. In October, he was placed in command of the 7th Brigade in the Department of the Ohio. He commanded the Union expedition (raid) against Chattanooga during the Confederate Heartland Offensive. The expedition proved to be a successful demonstration of the Union Army's ability to strike deep into the heart of Confederate held territory. On November 29, 1862, he was appointed major general of volunteers and took command of the 8th Division in the Army of the Ohio. His division became the 2nd Division in George H. Thomas' Center Wing of the XIV Corps during the Battle of Stones River. On the second day of fighting, he led a successful counterattack against Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge on the Union left flank. He commanded his division during the Tullahoma Campaign and the Battle of Chickamauga. During the maneuvering that preceded the Battle of Chickamauga, Negley's division, in the advance of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas's corps, was almost trapped in a cul-de-sac named McLemore's Cove, but command confusion in the Confederate Army of Tennessee allowed them to escape in what became known as the Battle of Davis' Crossroads. After the Union defeat at Chickamauga, Negley, whose division became scattered during the second day's fighting, was relieved of command, but was acquitted of any wrongdoing during the battle. The most recent study of his actions is highly critical to the general for vanishing from sight without anyone knowing where to find him. Negley, however, blamed his misfortunes on the prejudices toward him of West Point graduates. When Ulysses S. Grant became general-in-chief in 1864 he discussed restoring Negley to command. However, after serving on several administrative boards, Negley resigned in January 1865. Fort Negley, built in Nashville, Tennessee in 1862 was named after him. It was the largest stone inland fort built during the war. - Charles F. Manderson, Union Brigadier General, Volunteers, U.S. Senator from Nebraska - The Twin Seven-Shooters by Manderson, Charles, F. Tennyson Neely, 1902. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. In blue cloth. Owner name stamp. A couple light bumps to boards. Manderson entered the Army during the Civil War as a first lieutenant, and rose through the ranks to resign as a colonel in 1865; he was also brevetted brigadier general of volunteers that year. He resumed the practice of law in Canton and was twice elected attorney of Stark County, Ohio. In 1869, he moved to Omaha, Nebraska, and continued to practice law, and was the city attorney of Omaha for six years, as well as being a member of the State constitutional conventions in 1871 and in 1875. Manderson was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1883, was reelected in 1888 and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1895. During the Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, Manderson served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate. He was also chairman of the Committee on Printing in the Forty-eighth through Fifty-second Congresses. - Hans Mattson, Union Colonel, 3 rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Minnesota Secretary of State, U.S. Consul General to India - Reminiscences. The story of an emigrant by Mattson, Hans, Publisher: This edition the first edition in English, having been published in Swedish the preceding year. Frontis photo of author. Important account of Swedish emigrant experience in America, including his service in the Civil War and as a statesman. Publication Date: 1892 D. D. Merrill Company. Saint Paul. 1892. Publishers binding with blind tooled decoration. Frontespice. (4), 314 (2) pp. Good condition. Later givers inscription. Signed dedication note. signed by the author. At the start of the American Civil War in 1861, Mattson raised a company of Swedish and Norwegian immigrants to fight for the Union. Mattson earned the rank of Colonel for his leadership of the 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He returned to Red Wing at the end of the war in 1865. - Albert Maxfield, Union Captain, 11 th Maine Infantry - Numbers and Losses in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Livermore, Major Thomas L, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900. First. Hard Bound. VG+./None. The subjects of this book have been debated since the last gun was fired. An impossible task, Livermore used a very detailed study to reach his conclusions. His figures have been used by many historians in their works. For years the figure of 650,000 was used as the total casualties during the War. Today there are historians who believe 750,000 is closer to the actual figure for both sides. This was Captain Albert Maxfield's, 11th Maine Infantry, signed by him. An accompanying sheet has a picture of him and much detailed info submitted by family members about his service. He was captured the last day of the War, 4/9/1865 and released in May 1865. His address on the ffep indicates a NYC address, the bio says he lived there after the War and died at the ripe old age of 90. Nice attribution. Cpt Albert Maxfield, Company A, 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry. Enlisted as a private in Company C, February 27, 1862, age 25. Promoted to regimental commissary sergeant January 3, 1863. Promoted to sergeant major March 1, 1864 and to 2nd lieutenant, Company D, July 18, 1864. Promoted to captain of Company H December 17, 1864. He was slightly wounded in action at New Market Roads, Virginia October 7, 1864. Maxfield was taken prisoner at Appomattox, Virginia, April 9, 1865 and sent to Annapolis, Maryland until exchanged on May 1, 1865. Maxfield was the primary author of The Story of One Regiment: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion (New York: s.n.), 1896. - George A Bruce, Union Colonel, 13 th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment, President of the Massachusetts Senate, Mayor of Somerville MA The Capture and Occupation of Richmond by George A. Bruce, No publication information printed. Private, self published. 8vo Hardcover. B/W photographs. Signed and inscribed by author on front facing end page. Served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment. The 13th New Hampshire Infantry was organized in Concord, New Hampshire, and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on September 20, 1862, under the command of Colonel Aaron Fletcher Stevens. The regiment was attached to Casey's Division, Military District of Washington, to December 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, to April 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to July 1863. 3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, United States forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James, to July 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, to December 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIV Corps, Department of Virginia, to June 1865. The 13th New Hampshire Infantry mustered out of service June 22, 1865. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 2nd New Hampshire Infantry. Notably, this regiment under Bruce’s command participated in the Richmond – Petersburg campaign, fighting in the battle of Fort Richmond at Chaffin’s Farm and subsequently occupied Richmond at the end of the war. Bruce’s regiment had the distinction of having the first U.S. flags in the city of Richmond, Virginia, on April 3, 1865. This book is a detailed examination of life in Richmond under Union occupation. - Cornelius Cadle, Union Colonel, 11 th Iowa, Adjutant General, 17 th Army Corps, Chariman of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission - Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the Twenty Sith Meeting Held at Council Bluffs Iowa, Octobe 3 rd and 4 th , 1894. Inscribed by Cornelius Cadle, at the time the recording secretary of the commission. Inscribed by Cadle on the title page to Major Sherman? Also of the same organization. The 11 th Iowa Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp McClellan, near Davenport, and was mustered in at different dates from Sept. 28 to Oct. 18, 1861. It left the state on Nov. 16 for St. Louis and was the first regiment to leave Iowa fully uniformed. It accompanied an expedition to Boonville in December and captured a large amount of gunpowder. Two similar movements closed the season's work for the regiment. Five companies moved to the town of California, the others to Fulton and passed the winter at these places. On March 10, 1862, the regiment moved to Pittsburg landing where it was brigaded with Col. Richard Oglesby's command. It took part at Shiloh and lost over 200 in killed and wounded, more than 30 being killed outright, and Maj. Abercrombie was severely wounded. Its brigade at that battle was commanded by Col. Hare. It took part in the movement upon Corinth and formed part of the garrison there after its evacuation until ordered to Bolivar, Tenn., with its brigade some three months later, from which place it made several expeditions and participated in a battle near there. Returning to Corinth it participated in the battle in October; afterward moved into central Mississippi with Grant; returned to Holly Springs; proceeded thence to Lafayette, Memphis and Young's point; and in February to Lake Providence where it assisted in digging the canal between that point and the river. Col. Hall, who had succeeded Col. Hare on the latter's resignation, was placed in command of the brigade, and Lieut. -Col. Abercrombie took command of the regiment. After Vicksburg's surrender it went into camp. It accompanied the expedition to Monroe, from the effects of which half the command were worn out, with little return for the hardships sustained. In Feb., 1864, the regiment joined in the Meridian raid. Nearly all of the men having reenlisted as veterans, they were given furlough home in the early spring. On the return the regiment joined Sherman's army at Acworth, Ga. It fought at Kennesaw mountain, took part in the operations at Nickajack creek, and from there to Atlanta was constantly engaged in skirmishing. At Atlanta it was heavily engaged in July and it fought at Jonesboro and Lovejoy's Station, losing during the campaign 218 in killed and wounded — one half of its available strength. Maj. Foster died from the effects of wounds received at Atlanta. It proceeded to Savannah with the army; sailed from there to Beaufort, S. C, in Jan., 1865; took part in the march through the Carolinas; was engaged in several minor affairs and at the battle of Bentonville; moved to Goldsboro and Raleigh; took part in the grand review at Washington, and was mustered out at Louisville in July, 1865. Its original strength was 931; gain by recruits, 91; total, 1,022. The chairman of the Shiloh commission was Army of the Tennessee representative Colonel Cornelius Cadle formerly of the Eleventh Iowa. The park's growth and development from the battle's conclusion to its incorporation into the National Park Service in 1933 is a testament to Cadle. Cadle led the effort to preserve the site through congressional action, serving as the first chairman of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission.