Official Army Register for 1849
Published by Order of the Secretary of War, In Compliance with the Resolution of the Senate, of December 13, 1815, and Resolutions of the House of Representatives, Dated January 29, 1830, and August 30, 1842. Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office, 1849.
First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 5". 49 pages, [1]. Printed, stitched, brown wraps. Ex-library copy with blind perforated stamp from "Enoch Pratt Library Baltimore" on the title page and pages 3 and 4. Library markings on the copyright page. Front and rear covers lightly edge chipped. Interior contents in very good condition. This copy is inscribed by the previous owner Major Peter Valentine Hagner, at the top of the outer wrap. Register sections include General Officers, Quartermaster's Department, Subsistence Department, Medical Department, Pay Department, Corps of Engineers, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Ordinance Department, Military Storekeepers, Dragoons, Cavalry Regiments, Mounted Riflemen, Artillery and Infantry Regiments, and more. First two Generals listed are Major General Winfield Scott and future President Zachary Taylor. Very good. Item #16867
The previous owner of this register, Major Hagner, enlisted in the Army in 1851 as a Captain. He was promoted to Major in 1861.
Price: $200.00