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Auction archive: Lot number 45

Memories of the War with Mexico

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,250
Auction archive: Lot number 45

Memories of the War with Mexico

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,250
Beschreibung:

Memories of the War with Mexico Author: Stanley, Matthew B. Place: Hartsville, SC Publisher: Hartsville Publishing Co. Date: 1910 Description: [2],10 pp. 22.3x15.7 cm (8¾x6¼"), original gray wrappers stapled at left edge, title printed on front cover. First and only edition. Captain Stanley was a survivor of the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican American War and later served in the Confederate Army. A resident of Darlington Court House, he enlisted in 1846. In these memoirs, he provides considerable first-hand details of battles throughout the Mexican campaign. Especially notable is his account of an encounter with a young Robert E. Lee, later to become the Commanding General for the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. He claims that Lee, as one of the army engineers, led the regiment across the Pedigral, which is a mass of melted lava filled which chasms in Mexico. Stanley goes on to tout Captain Lee claiming that “I further believe […] Robert E. Lee, then captain, could have taken Santa Anna’s army of 30,000 men and checked the advance of [General] Scott with the men he had.” Probably produced in a miniscule quantity, and therefore now quite rare. Not in Tuterow or Garrett. OCLC/WorldCat locates two holdings, both in South Carolina. Lot Amendments Condition: Some creasing and wear to wrappers; pages facing covers with identical toning, neat archival repair to inside rear cover; very good. Item number: 345381

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jun 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Memories of the War with Mexico Author: Stanley, Matthew B. Place: Hartsville, SC Publisher: Hartsville Publishing Co. Date: 1910 Description: [2],10 pp. 22.3x15.7 cm (8¾x6¼"), original gray wrappers stapled at left edge, title printed on front cover. First and only edition. Captain Stanley was a survivor of the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican American War and later served in the Confederate Army. A resident of Darlington Court House, he enlisted in 1846. In these memoirs, he provides considerable first-hand details of battles throughout the Mexican campaign. Especially notable is his account of an encounter with a young Robert E. Lee, later to become the Commanding General for the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. He claims that Lee, as one of the army engineers, led the regiment across the Pedigral, which is a mass of melted lava filled which chasms in Mexico. Stanley goes on to tout Captain Lee claiming that “I further believe […] Robert E. Lee, then captain, could have taken Santa Anna’s army of 30,000 men and checked the advance of [General] Scott with the men he had.” Probably produced in a miniscule quantity, and therefore now quite rare. Not in Tuterow or Garrett. OCLC/WorldCat locates two holdings, both in South Carolina. Lot Amendments Condition: Some creasing and wear to wrappers; pages facing covers with identical toning, neat archival repair to inside rear cover; very good. Item number: 345381

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jun 2022
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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