Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt – Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders, Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations, and Interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in Chief Halleck, and with Generals McDowell, McClellan, Maede, Hancock, Burnside, and Others in Command of the Armies in the Field, and His Impressions of These Men.

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Signed limited edition of the Reminiscence of General Herman Haupt. Octavo, xl, 331pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration and title on cover. Uncut foredge, top edge gilt. Complete with 32 full page illustrations and frontispiece with tissue cover. Bookplate of noted author and American Historian Peter Cozzens on front endpaper, signed by Mr. Cozzens. (Howes H-304) (Eicher, 505)(Nevins I, 101) From a limited edition publication, all purchased by subscription, this being number 747. The limitation is unknown. A beautiful fine copy.

Comments: An important source of Union transportation history, with General Haupt serving as the head of the Bureau of Military Railroads.