FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

From The War of 1812 to the Mexican War, The Saga of American Expansion

By Robert Leckie. Published by Harper Collins, New York. First Edition. Hardcover, 650 pages, index, maps, dust jacket. Excellent condition. Robert Leckie has won praise for his lively style, narrative pace, and in-depth profiles of leading figures. In this book he tells the dramatic story of the young nation's first fifty years following the victory over the British at Yorktown, a turbulent period that saw the establishment of a new, democratic government, and many...
Circa: 1993
ISBN: 0-06-016802-1  

GENERAL GUSTAVUS W. SMITH

His Personal Book Autographed 3 Times & Presented in 1861

(1821-96) Graduated in the West Point class of 1842. He was brevetted for gallantry 3 times during the Mexican War. He later served as an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was commissioned a major general in the Confederate Army. During the Peninsular campaign he commanded a wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. He served briefly in 1862 as Confederate Secretary of War and later organized the Georgia state forces and fought them with marked...