Rare Prisoner of War in Virginia 1864-5, Libby Prison Richmond Virginia, 1st ed.

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Rare Prisoner of War in Virginia 1864-5, Libby Prison Richmond Virginia, 1st ed.:
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A Prisoner of War in Virginia, 1864-5

By George Haven Putnam

Published: G. P. Putnam\'s Sons, New York & London, 1912. FIRST EDITION.

127 pp. Hardcover withgilt titles on front and spine.Frontis w/ tissue grd. Illus w/ four illustrations.

The Author was Adjutant and 1st Lieutenant in the 176th New York Infantry - Captured after the Battle of Cedar Creek he was held for a short time at the notorious Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia before being transferred to Danville where he was held until March 1865 when he was returned to the Union forces as part of a prisoner exchange. He attained the rank of major of volunteers. At the war\'s end, Major Putnam joined his father\'s publishing business, \"G. Putnam Broadway.\" He was also appointed deputy collector of internal revenue. Years later, following the 1911 marking of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the war, in 1912 George H. Putnam published this book. After his father\'s death in 1872, he and his brothers took over the business, renaming it G. P. Putnam\'s Sons. George H. Putnam was made president of the firm, a position held for the next 52 years. In 1884, Putnam hired the then 26-year old Theodore Roosevelt as a special partner who in the ensuing years would write several works published by Putnam.Like his father, Putnam was active in numerous civic, social, and business causes. He served on the executive committees of the Civil-service reform association, the Free-trade league and the Reform club. He also aggressively continued with his father\'s work on copyright protection for authors. In 1887, he helped organize the American Publishers\' Copyright League that led a successful campaign resulting in the 1891 passage of an international copyright protection law.

A truly beautiful copy of this work. Not Ex-Lib.

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