A STATEMENT OF THE CASE OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOSEPH W. REVERE, UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS, TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL, AND DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, AUGUST 10TH, 1863. WITH A MAP, A COPY OF THE RECORD OF THE TRIAL, AND AN APPENDIX.
New York: C.A. Alvord, 1863. 48pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Elaborate bookplate of J. Watts De Peyster. Double-page map frontis, entitled, ''Plan of Chancellorsville, Va. Battle of May 3rd 1863." Front wrapper nearly detached, three blank inner margin pinholes, some contemporary notes and underlinings. Else Very Good.
In May 1863 General Hooker convened a court martial to hear charges that Revere had abandoned the field without cause at Chancellorsville. He had moved his troops, without orders, about three miles to the rear, as they were short of ammunition and without rations. For doing so, General Sickles relieved Revere of command. Dismissed from the service, Revere defends his conduct and his honor; President Lincoln revoked the order of dismissal in 1864, and permitted Revere to resign.
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