Memoir of Alexander Macomb, the Major General Commanding the Army of the United States (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Memoir of Alexander Macomb, the Major General Commanding the Army of the United States The following pages were prepared some two or three years ago, for Samuel F.Bradford, Esq., to be inserted in his Annual the Cabinet, which was published in conjunction with the Talisman. The memoir being too long for publication in that work, and the task of abbreviation being irksome, a personal friend of Gen. Macomb, in my absence, kindly undertook the office of re-casting it in his own mould, and produced it with great grace, spirit, and elegance, as it appeared in the Cabinet. This was satisfactory to me, but many of the friends and connexions of the General, in this city, having been desirous that it should appear in full, as originally written, I have yielded, however indiscreetly, to their request. It is now, therefore, submitted to the Press, as a memorandum for the historian - as a grateful reminiscence for the personal friends of the subject of the memoir - and as an humble, but honest record for those who love their country and that country's glory and all who have achieved it - for those who, more of patriots than critics, will excuse the imperfect delineation, while they contemplate the features, and cheeringly hail the brilliant career, of virtue and valour, of learning and genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.