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Sketch of the Life of General John W. Geary

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Sketch of the Life of General John W. Geary
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"A sketch of the early life and of the civil and military services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, candidate of the National Union Party for governor of Pennsylvania. 1866". Condition: Fair. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1866. Campaign pamphlet. 32 pgs. Illustration on front cover. Front cover is 50% detached. Back cover is almost detached. It is hard to determine where to put General Geary. He was San Francisco's first mayor (Geary Street), the Territory of Kansas third Governor and Pennsylvania's sixteenth Governor. He was a participant in the Mexican-American War and was a Civil War General. He was captured and then seriously wounded in the Civil War. His units fought at Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Cedar Mountain, Lookout out Mountain and Sherman's March to Atlanta. (Potter Collection) Date: 1865 Location: California HWAC# 59405