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Lot #488
LaSalle C. Pickett

Pickett’s widow offers a poignant perspective: “In the furnace of war was welded the chain which holds the states in a bond of inseparable union”

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Pickett’s widow offers a poignant perspective: “In the furnace of war was welded the chain which holds the states in a bond of inseparable union”

Wife of General George Pickett, who was immortalized in “Pickett's Charge” on the third day at Gettysburg, when his men were overwhelmingly defeated. Signed book: The Heart of a Soldier as Revealed in the Intimate Letters of General George Pickett CSA. NY: Seth Moyle, 1913. Hardcover, 6 x 9, 215 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page, “For Mr. J. C. Lippincott with the sincere regards of LaSalle Corbell Pickett. In the furnace of war was welded the chain which holds the states in a bond of inseparable union.” Light toning and pencil note to signed page, light cover soiling and front cover a bit loose, otherwise fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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