Army of the Potomac from 1863 to 1864 - From Gettysburg to the Rapidan

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From Gettysburg to the Rapidan
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The Army of the Potomac - July 1863 to April 1864
By A. A. Humphreys
Brigadier General, Chief of Engineers, and Brevet Major-General, U.S.A.
Major General Vols., Chief of Staff Army of the Potomac,
Commanding Second Corps, etc. etc.
Originally published in 1883,
This is a reprint by Butternut and Blue, undated but ca. 1990
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Hardcover. Overall VG to Near Fine - appears unread.
86 pages, with original ads at rear.
With 3 folding maps, 2 very large, in back.
This book is a
photographic reprint
.
It was made from good condition , original copy of a book that was photographed / scanned and printed.
Some modern editions reset the text, making it feel like a new book. This "reads" like the old original.
This style of reprint give you a nice feel of  "originality" that most modern reprints do not
give you.  In my opinion, if you are going to buy a reprinted title - this style is the way to go.
This is a very good quality, printed by a very reputable civil war book publisher.
It is not a "print on demand" or mass-market reprint as offered by big book companies / retailers.
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This book is an account of the movements of the Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Written by a commander at Gettysburg, who then served on General Meade's staff.
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys (November 2, 1810 – December 27, 1883), was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union General in the American Civil War. He served in senior positions in the Army of the Potomac, including division command, chief of staff, and corps command, and was Chief Engineer of the U.S. Army.
When General George Meade assumed command of the Army of the Potomac just before the Battle of Gettysburg, he asked Humphreys to be his chief of staff, replacing Maj. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, who was considered to be too close politically to the previous commander, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker. Humphreys declined the opportunity to give up his division command. His new division immediately saw action at Gettysburg where, on July 2, 1863, Sickles insubordinately moved his corps from its assigned defensive position on Cemetery Ridge. Humphreys' new position was on the Emmitsburg Road, part of a salient directly in the path of the Confederate assault, and it was too long a front for a single division to defend. Assaulted by the division of Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Humphreys' three brigades were demolished; Sickles had pulled back Humphrey's reserve brigade to shore up the neighboring division (Maj. Gen. David B. Birney), which was the first to be attacked. Humphreys put up the best fight that could have been expected and was eventually able to reform his survivors on Cemetery Ridge, but his division and the entire corps were finished as a fighting force.
Humphreys was promoted to major general of volunteers on July 8, 1863, and finally acceded to Meade's request to serve as his chief of staff; he did not have much of a division left to command. He served in that position through the Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns that fall, and the Overland Campaign and the Siege of Petersburg in 1864. In November 1864, he assumed command of the II Corps, which he led for the rest of the siege and during the pursuit of Gen. Robert E. Lee to Appomattox Court House and surrender. On March 13, 1865, he was breveted brigadier general in the regular army and then on May 26, 1865, he was awarded brevet major general in the regular army for "gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Gettysburg" for the Battle of Sayler's Creek during Lee's retreat.
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