A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Patriotism, Being the Report of the Commission to Dedicate the Monument Erected by the State of New York, in Andersonville, Georgia, to Commemorate the Heroism, Sacrifices and Patriotism of More Than Nine Thousand of Her Sons Who Were Confined in That Prison ... with an account of services of the New York resident surviving Andersonville veterans held thereat and also enroute at Richmond and Danville, Va., Salisbury N.C., and Lookout mountain, Tenn., April 26-30, 1914. [Cover Title]: Dedication of monument erected by the state of New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914. [Cover Title]: Dedication of monument erected by the state of New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914

Albany, [New York]: Published by Authority of The State of New York, Under the Supervision of the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission / J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916.

Price: $75.00

Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. 241, [16]pp. Illustrated with frontispiece, plates (including 1 folded plate), portraits, plan, and forms. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt on spine with cover title and pictorial seal of State of New York stamped in gilt on front cover as issued. Former owner's early ink inscription on front flyleaf dated 1922; spine is lightly rubbed, with two small soil spots on rear cover, else a near fine copy (binding is bright, printed text and plates are fresh and clean). Abraham John Palmer served as the Chairman of the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission.Published by authority of the state of New York under the supervision of the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission; includes "List of New York state soldiers buried in Andersonville national cemetery" (on pages 171 - 241).

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Item #527765 A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Patriotism, Being the Report of the Commission to Dedicate the Monument Erected by the State of New York, in Andersonville, Georgia, to Commemorate the Heroism, Sacrifices and Patriotism of More Than Nine Thousand of Her Sons Who Were Confined in That Prison ... with an account of services of the New York resident surviving Andersonville veterans held thereat and also enroute at Richmond and Danville, Va., Salisbury N.C., and Lookout mountain, Tenn., April 26-30, 1914. [Cover Title]: Dedication of monument erected by the state of New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914. [Cover Title]: Dedication of monument erected by the state of New York at Andersonville, Georgia, 1914