Official Army Register, for August, 1862

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 118 pages. Contents include three folding charts opposite page 88 and an alphabetical index in back. Former institutional copy rebound in red cloth covered boards with red leather spine and corners. Original wraps preserved and in very good condition. Commandery of the State of Illinois illustrated label on the front paste down. The label is signed by Roswell H. Mason and dated Sept. 1909. The front board is detached. Leather is rubbed on the spine. Library paper label on spine. Interior contents in good condition. This is the first Army Register printed with Major General Geo. B. McClellan listed at top General on page 3. Other officers include John Fremont and Henry Halleck. U.S. Grant is listed on page 63. George Custer is listed on page 21 as Second Lieutenant Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.