Search Results: Titles starting with U from Reagan's Rare Books

1876. No Binding. President Ulysses S. Grant signed Military Appointment of Alexander Rodgers to Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Regiment of Cavalry. Dated February 8th, 1876. Document is in excellent condition, beautifully framed in museum glass. Frame size measures 33"wide x 27"tall. Comes with Letter Of Authenticity from JSA. A beautiful presentation. Alexander Rodgers went on to fight in the Battle of San Mateo - Dec. 8th, 1899. He fought against the Moros in the Philippines in 1909 earning the nickname "The Pig." It was Colonel Alexander Rodgers of the 6th Cavalry who accomplished by taking advantage of religious prejudice what the bayonets and Krags had been unable to accomplish. Rodgers inaugurated a system of burying all dead juramentados in a common grave with the carcasses of slaughtered pigs. The Mohammedan religion forbids contact with pork; and this relatively simple device resulted in the withdrawal of juramentados to sections not containing a Rodgers. Medal of Honor winner… Read More

1861. No Binding. Very Good. Fine content A.L.S., 4pp. 4to., Richmond, Nov. 12, 1861, from Union soldier Albert L. Graves to his mother and sibling. He writes as a prisoner of war and describes the circumstances of his capture during the First Battle of Bull Run, in small part: ". In your last letter you asked me to give what particulars I knew in regards to corporal Rice. While we were engaged in the action he was shot through one leg just above the ankle by a round musket ball which broke one of the bones and lodged in the other ankle. He turned around and started to go over the hill our of the range of the balls which were then hissing through the air as thick as hail. Streeter saw him staggering along making but very poor progress and went to his assistance. By this time he had got too weak to walk and I happened to look around and saw his situation and immediately started to help Streeter. we picked him up and carried him a mile and a half to Sudley's Church which was used for a hospital where… Read More

Blackie and Son, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAGES. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS AND SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED-343 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD AND EIGHT COLORED PLATES, 818 PAGES, BOOKS MEASURE 10"x6.75". NEW EDITION-EMBODYING THE AUTHOR'S LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS, 147 YEARS OLD. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE IN GREAT CONDITION.