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19th Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Chicago,1888

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  • Genre: History
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Subject: History
  • Book Title: Uncas and Miantonomoh, Historical Discourse
  • Region: North America
  • Publisher: Clarke
  • Place of Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Features: 1st Edition
  • Special Attributes: 1st Edition
  • Year Printed: 1889
  • Original/Facsimile: Original
  • Condition: This book and its 258 pages is in good condition. The pages are still bright white with the exception of the frontis piece and the title page which are foxed, the paper is supple and pliant. The bindings are in good condition, the hinges are in good condition. The covers and spine have modest soiling, scuffing, etc. all of which is well represented in scans.
  • Topic: Historical
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Language: English

    Description

    NINETEENTH REUNION
    OF THE
    SOCIETY OF THE
    ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND
    HELD AT
    CHICAGO, IL 1888
    ______
    PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY.
    ______
    CINCINNATI:
    ROBERT CLARKE & CO., PRINTERS.
    65 WEST FOURTH STREET,
    1889
    The contents to be found within are as follows:
    Introductory,
    Minutes,
    Treasurer's Report,
    Oration. by Colonel Henry Stone,
    Eulogy, by Major-General Russell A. Alger
    The Banquet,
    Letters and Dispatches,
    Memorial Pages,
    General Robert Anderson
    General George H. Thomas
    In Memoriam,
    Brevet Maj-General Washington Lafayette Elliott
    Brevet Maj-General Adin Ballou Underwood
    Brevet Maj-General Walter C. Whittaker
    Brevet Maj-General William L. Stoughton
    Brevet Brig-General Thomas Lowery Young
    Brevet Brig-General Grandville Moody
    Brevet Colonel Charles Tudor Wing
    Major James Anderson Lowerie
    Order and Specifications of Badge,
    Constitution,
    By-Laws,
    List of Members
    This book has a wonderful bright white portrait of Major-General John M. Palmer.
    The Letters and Dispatches are written by the notable participants and officers of the War and are too numerous to list individually.
    Some of the notable speakers and contributors are:
    Judge Tourgee
    General Rosecrans
    General Bucat
    General Parkhurst
    General Kimball
    General Morgan
    Sadly, the Eighteenth Reunion was the last event of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, over which General Philip Sheridan presided. He passed August 1888.
    and many, many more.