44. BRACKETT, Albert G. General Lane’s
Brigade in Central Mexico. New York: H. W. Derby and
Company, 1854. 336 pp., engraved frontispiece portrait.
12mo, original dark brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt
pictorial spine. Minor shelf wear, first and last few
leaves foxed; a near fine copy, very bright.
First
edition. Connor & Faulk, North America
Divided 155. Garrett, The Mexican-American War,
p. 173. Haferkorn, p. 42. Howes B691. Tutorow 3749: "The
author was a 1st lieutenant in Lane’s regiment. Deals
with the formation of the regiment, its trip to Vera Cruz,
various battles, the Mexican people, guerrilla warfare, and
the journey home. Contains a list of the killed, wounded,
and missing in Lane’s brigade."
($300-600)