STEVENSON, James H.

Boots and Saddles." A History of the First Volunteer Cavalry

Item #78601

(NEW YORK REGIMENTAL). STEVENSON, James H. "Boots and Saddles." A History of the First Volunteer Cavalry of the War. Known as the First New York (Lincoln) Cavalry, and also as the Sabre Regiment. Its Organization, Campaigns and Battles. Harrisburg, PA: Patriot Publishing Company, 1879. 1st ed. xviii,388pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Orig. pictorial cloth. Cloth lightly speckled, rebacked, original cloth laid down, tiny chip to foredge of front board, shelf number on spine, internally clean. "Capt. Stevenson relied on his voluminous diary for this exceptionally revealing story of cavalry life in northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley"--Nevins I, p.163. Dornbusch I: NY 73. Presentation inscription to General Winfield Scott Hancock: "To Major Gen. W.S. Hancock with compliments of A.W. Adams, May 21, 1883, New York City." Alonzo Whitney Adams was a major in the First New York Cavalry.

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