Baker Brig Gen Nathaniel B (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Rebound in a reddish-brown cover that is in very fine . Volume 1 Adjutant-General's Report. Pages xis-xiix . Pages 1-223 is a list of the Officers of Iowa Regimens. From page 223 to 795 ares pages that lists Casualties Among enlisted men. Volume 2, 695 pages. There is a section on General George Custer's mistreatment (including lashings) of Iowa solders stationed in Texas. Pages 3-506 are list of the Casualties Among Enlisted Men. Pages 507-591 have Reports of Battles, Skirmishes,& C. and Histories of Regiments. There is an appendix "Proclamations by the President of the United States." Total pages with the two books is 1490.…

First Edition. Cloth. 695pp. The first 506 pages are comprised of tables that list "Casualties Among Enlisted Men" in 1862, 1863, & 1864 as it pertains to Union soldiers from Iowa. Pages 507-625 presents "Reports of Battles, Skirmishes, &C., and History of Regiments" from Iowa. Significant portions of this section address the near mutinous and illegal behavior of troops in the area of Alexandria, Louisiana as encountered and reported by General George A. Custer when he arrived to take command of these troops in June of 1865. Men and officers of the First Iowa Cavalry were prominent in these activities. Included are the reports of several officers with first-hand knowledge of these problems, the report of General Custer, and the defense of the allegations made by Custer and others by Brig.-Gen. Nathaniel B. Baker, Adjutant General of Iowa. Rebound, in near Fine condition.…