[CIVIL WAR] OHIO’S SILVER-TONGUED ORATOR: LIFE AND SPEECHES OF GENERAL WILLLIAM H. GIBSON

Dayton, Ohio: United Brethren Publishing House, 1901. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo; in the publisher’s navy cloth binding; with tilting and decorations in gilt on the upperboard and spine; a most attractive copy showing little wear.~~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]. From Robertson’s personal library, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. (Nevins I, 59). Near Fine binding.