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MYLES G. KEOGH'S SIGNED PAPAL WARS INFANTRY MANUAL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
MYLES G. KEOGH'S SIGNED PAPAL WARS INFANTRY MANUAL
(1842 - 1876) American military officer, a captain in the 7th Cavalry in command of Co. I. Keogh was the owner of Comanche, the only surviving horse found on the battlefield. Superb Keogh relic, the pocket manual of Infantry tactics used by Keogh when in Rome as an officer in the Company of Saint Patrick-- part of the Pope's Vatican Guard. The book, Ordonnance du Roi Sur L'Exercice et Les Manoeuvres de L'Infantrie (Paris: Libraire Militaire, 1831), is the 2nd edition, with 1845 addendum. Keogh signs, "Myles W Keogh" on the free front end page, with an inscription of date: "Rome, 1st Jan 1861". DANIEL KEILEY, Keogh's chief aide, countersigns. On verso, Keogh penned, "Battle of Castlefedardo September 29/60", in reference to his 1860 Papal Wars defeat in its defense. The manual represents the most important period of Keogh's pre-Civil War career, marking his time as an infantry officer and a Papal favorite. We can only assume that Keogh was determined to improve his infantry skills, and wrote the defeat date on verso to stay motivated. Missing covers, soiled and chipped front and rear endpapers with taped margins, withdrawn ink stamp on rear from Nebraska State Historical Society.