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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00768.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 2 documents pertaining to Herman Melvill |
| Title | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War |
| Date | 1866 |
| Author | Melville, Herman (1819-1891) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | First edition of Melville's only book of poetry. Inscribed on initial blank facing the title page: "Major Edward Y. Lansing from H. Melville. As a souvenir of his soldier hospitality at the cavalry camp in the Virginia woods, April 1864." Also inscribed by Lansing in pencil on page 187 above the poem "The Scout toward Aldis": "Major Edwin Y. Lansing's cavalry camp in the Virginia woods, April 1864." In April, 1864 Melville and his brother obtained a pass to visit the front to search for their cousin, Colonel Henry Gansevoort. Melville met Lansing in a scouting party he and his brother accompanied, and experienced a brief skirmish with the enemy. |
| Subjects | Poetry Literature and Language Arts Art, Music, Theater, and Film Civil War Military History Union Forces |
| People | Melville, Herman (1819-1891) Lansing, Edwin Y. (fl. 1878-1892) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Notes: Bookplate of Richard Maney. Green fine pebble cloth. In 12s. BAL 13673; Leyda, Melville Log 667-8; Sadleir, Excursions 232. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |