THE LIFE OF ADAM JACOBY SLEMMER - DEFIANCE AT FORT PICKENS CIVIL WAR -BRAND NEW

Description: THE LIFE OF ADAM JACOBY SLEMMER …one strong voice of defiance BY A.M. GAMBONE FIRST EDITION MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Original, Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly Bound, New Book Illustrated Throughout with Photographs, Sketches, and Maps Fully Referenced and Indexed; With Bibliography The Life of Adam Jacoby Slemmer recounts the life and deeds of Adam J. Slemmer. A West Point graduate, Slemmer was born in the Fredericks Township, Pennsylvania, and served in the Seminole Wars, American Civil War and in the Indian Wars. After served against the Seminoles in Florida, serving garrison duty along the Pacific, and as an instructor at West Point, Slemmer, in January 1861, was in command of a body of troops at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Florida. On January 10, after the surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard, he transferred his force to Fort Pickens in the same harbor and held it against Confederate threats of attack and demands for surrender from Florida militia Colonel William H. Chase, who had designed and constructed the fort as a captain. Slemmer’s defiant resistance preserved Fort Pickens under federal control and it remained there for the duration of the war. He was promoted to Major in the new 16th U.S. Infantry Regiment in May 1861, and was attached to General Buell’s command and took part in the Corinth Campaign and the relief of Nashville. He led his battalion into the Battle of Stones River in December, receiving a wound that incapacitated him for the rest of the war. He was taken prisoner the following day, but released during the Confederate retreat. In April 1863, backdated to November 29, 1862, he became Brigadier General of volunteers, and he served in administrative posts in Ohio and New York after that. In 1865, Slemmer was brevetted Colonel in the Regular Army for meritorious conduct, and was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th U.S. Infantry. On July 13, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated him to the grade of brevet brigadier general in the Regular Army. He died while in command of Fort Laramie from the lingering effects of typhoid fever that he had contracted during the Civil War. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This first edition book is brand new, unread and in pristine condition. Sample book shown, your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher’s shrink wrap. Handsomely bound in navy blue covers with bright, impressed, gold lettering on the spine, the book is new, sharp, bright and clean, and has no wear or shortcomings. It has solid binding throughout. The interior is clean, and the pages are bright white and in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the book. It is illustrated throughout. 232 pages. Fully referenced and indexed, with bibliography. Published new in 2005. A brand new, pristine condition book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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