1898 The General's Double Capt Charles King Potomac Army

Description: The General's Double (1898)A Story of the Army of the PotomacThis is book, The General's Double, by Captain Charles King, published by J. B. Lippincott Company, of Philadelphia, in 1898. Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. After becoming acquainted with Buffalo Bill Cody, King wrote scripts for several of Cody's silents films. In 1898, he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and sailed to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War; he also led a brigade during the ensuing Philippine-American War. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels.Excerpt from The General's Double: A Story of the Army of the Potomac My dear Sir, - The colonel has received your letter asking for the full particulars of the death of your gallant son, one of the last to fall on that fatal Sunday afternoon. I am spending the morning at the bedside of my commanding officer, for he himself is flat on his back, disabled by his wounds, and he has asked me to reply. The papers have told you how hopefully we marched from Centreville, and with what enthusiasm the attack began. Of course, we know now that it was intended that General Hunter's column should open the ball much earlier in the morning, and that the heights back of the turnpike should have been assaulted soon after sunrise, but it seemed nearly noon before our brigade commander led us through the ford and we pitched in to the support of the attack. You have read, too, how successful we were at first. This book is in very nice condition for age. The cover is in good with some wear at the corners and edges. The gilt titles are in excellent aged condition. The hinges are intact. The binding is tight. The pages are in good condition for age with expected age yellowing. There are no page tears and there is no handwriting on the pages. The illustrations are clear. This book is from a personal library and is stamped on both front and back inner covers with the owner's name and address (Columbus, OH). The back inner cover has a stamped date, JAN 13 1955. The book measures 7 1/4 inches by 5 inches wide. We ship on the next business day after purchase and we maintain an excellent ebay customer satisfaction rating. Please check out our other ebay antiques, fine collectables, and our rare antiquarian book selection.Thank you for shopping with us. Please make us a favorite ebay seller and come again!GardenNut01 Mindy & Jack Note: We search high and wide for interesting items and we do our best to package these items well and ship promptly. If you experience problems with your order(s), please contact us through ebay's "contact seller" feature. We will do what we can to make everything right!

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