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[CIVIL WAR]. BYERS, Major Samuel H. M. (1838-1933). Group of 5 Books, 4 Signed by Him. [V.p., ca. 19th - 20th centuries].

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[CIVIL WAR]. BYERS, Major Samuel H. M. (1838-1933). Group of 5 Books, 4 Signed by Him. [V.p., ca. 19th - 20th centuries]. 8vos. Publisher's bindings, none issued in dust jackets. VARIOUS EDITIONS.

Condition

Occasional wear, soiling, scuffing, text toned, some ownership markings, Iowa in War Times heavily worn with chipped spine and detached (yet present) front board. Generally good (Iowa in War Times is poor). 

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Signed titles include: A Layman's Life of Jesus, The Honeymoon and Other Poems, The Bells of Capistrano, In Arcadia. Iowa in War Times is unsigned. Byers was a Union soldier from Iowa; he was captured at the Battle of Missionary Ridge and spent nearly 2 years in Confederate prisons. It was during this time he heard about Sherman's March to the Sea and the capture of Atlanta; he was inspired to write his famous poem, "Sherman's March to the Sea," coining this famous term (this poem is contained in In Arcadia - a later printed appearance of this poem). After the war, he wrote poetry and prose, and eventually became the American Consul to Switzerland.