[Gettysburg] Dedication to General Reynolds

Henry Shippen Huidekoper. Address at the Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Major-General John F. Reynolds at Gettysburg, July 1st, 1899. N.p.: N.p., [1899]. 8vo. Original wrappers bound in contemporary cloth.

Henry Shippen Huidekoper (1839-1918) was a recent Harvard graduate when he enlisted on 30 August 1862 in Philadelphia as a captain, commissioned into Company K of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was quickly promoted to lieutenant colonel. At the Battle of Gettysburg, the 150th Pennsylvania held off Confederate forces for several hours. Huidekoper led the regiment and was twice injured, forcing the amputation of his arm. For his heroism, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Here, Huidekoper honors General John F. Reynolds who commanded the I Corps, of which the 150th Pennsylvania served in the 2nd Brigade, Third Division. Reynolds was a career US Army officer and a respected senior commander who was killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. The Equestrian Statue dedicated here was sculpted by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown and is the earliest dedicated to General Reynolds at Gettysburg.

Rare, OCLC locates only 16 copies, with few ever appearing on the market.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Veterans' Organizations, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, UCV, United Confederate Veterans]