December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
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[Amos Stoddard]. "Exercise for Garrison and Field Ordnance, Together with the Manoeuvres of Horse Artillery, as Altered from the Manual of General Kosciusko and Adapted to the Service of the United States. By An Officer of the United States Artillerists." 1st ed. New York: Pelsue and Gould, 1812. 128 pp. incl. plates and diagrams. Original calf binding with label and gilt on spine. Signature of owner inscribed on title page: "H. Burbeck." Henry Burbeck (1754-1848) served as lieutenant of artillery during the Siege of Boston and continued in the Continental Artillery, serving with merit through the entire war and was honorably discharged in 1784 with the rank of captain. He was reappointed captain of artillery in 1786 and commanded the post at West Point during 1787-89. Promoted to major, he commanded the Battalion of Artillery and served as General Anthony Wayne's Chief of Artillery in the Northwest,1792-94. From 1802 1812, Burbeck commanded the Regiment of Artillery and also served as Chief of Artillery and Ordnance in a staff capacity in Washington, DC, during which time he encouraged one of his subordinate officers, Major Amos Stoddard, to prepare the first manual for field, horse and garrison artillery for the use of the army, which was finally published in 1812. This work is extremely rare, with only one copy recorded in OCLC and only two copies known to this cataloger. PROVENANCE: Joseph Riling Collection until c. 1970, Richard Johnson Coll. until 2004, whence acquired. CONDITION: Very good to fine, pages clean and bright. An extremely important work owned by an influential officer, whose important military papers (once in my possession) are happily now in the collections of the William L Clements Library at Ann Arbor, MI.