Irving, Washington. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1840. Two vols. in one. V. 1, 276pp.; V. 2, 235pp. Half black calf w/raised bands & gilt sp. Lettering, w/marbled boards, edges & eps. Owner signature front eps-" Geo. W. Snyder/ U.S. Engineers/ March 1st, 1857." Exhibits light wear & rubbing of covers & extremities w/nicks at the corners. Text lightly foxed throughout. Else VG. Handsome ID'D volume, excellent collectible.

This book is from the collection of Lt. George W. Snyder, who was an 1856 West Point honors graduate commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. Arriving at Ft. Sumter on Sept. 21, 1860, Snyder was assigned assistant engineer and put in immediate charge of work involving the evacuation of Major Anderson's command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. After Sumter's surrender, he returned north to serve as engineer of the third division of the Army of Northeastern Virginia, participating in the First Battle of Bull Run. For gallant and meritorious services at Fort Sumter he was brevetted captain in the regular army and later major for similar services "in the Manassas campaign." While on duty near Washington he fell ill, possibly with typhoid fever, and died on the November 17, 1861. It is safe to assume that signed manuals and technical books from Snyder's book collection were possibly among his personal baggage during the Sumter bombardment.

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