first edition Hard Cover
1901 · Dayton, Ohio
by David Dwight Bigger
Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A wide-ranging biographical account of General William Gibson, including his law career and his campaign work for Henry Clay. However, there is much as well about his service as Brigadier General of the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and his "reminiscence and letters" in that service, are considered "[i]mportant" in Bud Robertson's section on Military Aspects--Soldier Life" in the Nevins bibliography [Nevins I, 59]. A most attractive copy showing little wear, from Robertson's personal library, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. (Nevins I, 59). Near Fine binding. (Inventory #: 268510)