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Spanish-American War: Two Books Signed by Military Officers. Includes: (1) General Leonard Wood- his personal copy of Walter Frewen Lord's The Lost Empires of the Modern World, Essays in Imperial History, (London: Richard Bentley and Sons, 1897), 362 pages, octavo, original cloth covers, signed, "Leonard Wood / Zamboanga, Mindanao / P.I. 1904". Wood was personal physician to Presidents Grover Cleveland and William McKinley through 1898. It was during this period he developed a friendship with Theodore Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Wood, with Roosevelt, organized the 1st Volunteer Cavalry regiment, popularly known as the Rough Riders. Wood commanded the regiment in a successful engagement known as the Battle of Las Guasimas. Wood received a field promotion to brigadier general of volunteers and assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, V Corps (which included the Rough Riders) and led the brigade to a famous victory at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights. Also, (2) General Frederick Funston, Memories of Two Wars, Cuban and Philippines Experiences, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911), xv, 451 pages, octavo, original cloth covers, signed "To Major and Mrs. Geo. P. Ahern / with my complements. / Frederick Funston / Manila Dec. 18, 1913". Funston joined the Cuban Revolutionary Army that was fighting for independence from Spain in 1896. After a bout of malaria, Funston was given a leave of absence by the Cubans. When Funston returned to the United States, he was commissioned as a colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry in the United States Army in 1898. That same year, he landed in the Philippines as part of the U.S. forces that would become engaged in the Philippine Insurrection. In April 1899, Funston took a Filipino position at by swimming under heavy fire. For his bravery, Funston was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of Volunteers and awarded the Medal of Honor on February 14, 1900. The officer the book was inscribed to, Major Ahern saw service in the Indian campaigns of the Northwest, the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippine Insurrection. During the World War he was first assistant to the Chief of Military Intelligence and afterward Secretary of the War College. For gallantry in action in the Spanish War on June 30, 1898, he received the Silver Star decoration.Auction Info
2009 December Signature Arms & Militaria Including Civil War Auction #6021 (go to Auction Home page)
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