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CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN SEDGWICK MAJOR GENERAL Army of the Potomac Series MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. Sample book show; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher's shrink wrap. COMPLETE SET: VOLUME I & II IN ONE, ATTRACTIVE BOOK Clean, Sharp, Bright, Solid, New Book Attractive Cover Design with Bright, Gold Lettering Handsome Frontispiece HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY BUTTERNUT AND BLUE, BALTIMORE MARYLAND IN 1999. This is the correspondence of Major General John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War. This book contains Volume I and II of the original 1903 published collection of his correspondences in one attractive, mint condition book. After teaching for two years, he attended the United States Military Academy, graduated in 1837, and was commissioned in the artillery branch. He fought in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and the Indian Wars, participating in 1857 in a punitive expedition against the Cheyenne and in the American Civil War. In the summer and fall of 1860 Sedgwick commanded an expedition to establish a new fort on the Platte River in what is now Colorado. At the start of the Civil War, Sedgwick served as a Colonel and Assistant Inspector General of the Military Department of Washington. He missed the early action of the war at the First Battle of Bull Run, recovering from cholera, but participated in fighting in the Peninsula Campaign at Yorktown, Seven Pines and was wounded in the arm and leg at the Battle of Glendale. He fought at the Battle of Antietam where II Corps Commander Major General Sumner impulsively sent Sedgwick's division in a mass assault without proper reconnaissance where his division was engaged by Confederate forces under General “Stonewall” Jackson from three sides, resulting in 2,200 casualties. Sedgwick himself was hit by three bullets, in the wrist, leg, and shoulder, and was out of action until after the Battle of Fredericksburg. From December 26, 1862, he briefly led the II Corps and the IX Corps, and then finally the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, which he commanded until his death in 1864. During the Battle of Chancellorsville his corps faced Fredericksburg in an initial holding action while Maj. Gen. Josepsh Hooker’s other four corps maneuvered against Robert E. Lee’s left flank. He was slow to take action, but eventually crossed the Rappahannock River and assaulted Confederate General Jubal Early’s small force on Marye's Heights. Moving west slowly to join forces with Hooker and trap Lee between the halves of the army, he was stopped by elements of Lee's Second Corps at the Battle of Salem Church, forcing his eventual retreat back over the Rappahannock. At the Battle of Gettysburg, his corps arrived late on July 2 and as a result only few units were able to take part in the final Union counterattacks in the Wheatfield. In the 1864 Overland Campaign, the VI Corps was on the Union right at the Battle of the Wilderness and defended against assaults by General Ewell’s Second Corps. In a rather ironic turn of events, Sedgwick fell at the beginning of the Battle of Spotsylvania. His corps was probing skirmish lines ahead of the left flank of Confederate defenses and he was directing artillery placements. Confederate sharpshooters were about 1,000 yards away and their shots caused members of his staff and artillerymen to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and was quoted as saying, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Although ashamed, his men continued to flinch and he repeated, "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Just seconds later he fell forward with a bullet hole below his left eye. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. Handsomely bound in navy blue covers with bright, clean, gold-colored lettering on the cover and spine, the book is new and has no shortcomings. The book cover has the distinctive shoulder board rand of a Major General on it. There isn't a mark in the book. The binding is solid throughout with no looseness or lean. The book is handsomely illustrated and features a wonderful frontispiece illustration as well. A truly excellent copy of the scarce, First Edition.

CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN SEDGWICK

MAJOR GENERAL

Army of the Potomac Series

MINT CONDITION

This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. Sample book show; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher's shrink wrap.

COMPLETE SET: VOLUME I & II IN ONE, ATTRACTIVE BOOK

Clean, Sharp, Bright, Solid, New Book

Attractive Cover Design with Bright, Gold Lettering

Handsome Frontispiece

HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY BUTTERNUT AND BLUE, BALTIMORE MARYLAND IN 1999.

This is the correspondence of Major General John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War. This book contains Volume I and II of the original 1903 published collection of his correspondences in one attractive, mint condition book.

After teaching for two years, he attended the United States Military Academy, graduated in 1837, and was commissioned in the artillery branch. He fought in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, and the Indian Wars, participating in 1857 in a punitive expedition against the Cheyenne and in the American Civil War.

In the summer and fall of 1860 Sedgwick commanded an expedition to establish a new fort on the Platte River in what is now Colorado. At the start of the Civil War, Sedgwick served as a Colonel and Assistant Inspector General of the Military Department of Washington. He missed the early action of the war at the First Battle of Bull Run, recovering from cholera, but participated in fighting in the Peninsula Campaign at Yorktown, Seven Pines and was wounded in the arm and leg at the Battle of Glendale. He fought at the Battle of Antietam where II Corps Commander Major General Sumner impulsively sent Sedgwick's division in a mass assault without proper reconnaissance where his division was engaged by Confederate forces under General “Stonewall” Jackson from three sides, resulting in 2,200 casualties. Sedgwick himself was hit by three bullets, in the wrist, leg, and shoulder, and was out of action until after the Battle of Fredericksburg.

From December 26, 1862, he briefly led the II Corps and the IX Corps, and then finally the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, which he commanded until his death in 1864. During the Battle of Chancellorsville his corps faced Fredericksburg in an initial holding action while Maj. Gen. Josepsh Hooker’s other four corps maneuvered against Robert E. Lee’s left flank. He was slow to take action, but eventually crossed the Rappahannock River and assaulted Confederate General Jubal Early’s small force on Marye's Heights. Moving west slowly to join forces with Hooker and trap Lee between the halves of the army, he was stopped by elements of Lee's Second Corps at the Battle of Salem Church, forcing his eventual retreat back over the Rappahannock.

At the Battle of Gettysburg, his corps arrived late on July 2 and as a result only few units were able to take part in the final Union counterattacks in the Wheatfield. In the 1864 Overland Campaign, the VI Corps was on the Union right at the Battle of the Wilderness and defended against assaults by General Ewell’s Second Corps.

In a rather ironic turn of events, Sedgwick fell at the beginning of the Battle of Spotsylvania. His corps was probing skirmish lines ahead of the left flank of Confederate defenses and he was directing artillery placements. Confederate sharpshooters were about 1,000 yards away and their shots caused members of his staff and artillerymen to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and was quoted as saying, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of you. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Although ashamed, his men continued to flinch and he repeated, "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." Just seconds later he fell forward with a bullet hole below his left eye.

THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION

This book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. Handsomely bound in navy blue covers with bright, clean, gold-colored lettering on the cover and spine, the book is new and has no shortcomings. The book cover has the distinctive shoulder board rand of a Major General on it. There isn't a mark in the book. The binding is solid throughout with no looseness or lean. The book is handsomely illustrated and features a wonderful frontispiece illustration as well. A truly excellent copy of the scarce, First Edition.

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