Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

274 274 c   (MILITARY—SPANISH AMERICAN WAR.) Charge of the Colored Troops— San Juan. Chromolithograph, 15 3 / 4 x 20 inches; minor wear at corners. Chicago: James Lee Co., 1907 [400/600] The Battle of San Juan Hill took place on 1 July 1898. Though Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders attracted the most attention for their exploits, the 24th Colored Infantry Regiment played an important part in the battle. The famous general John Pershing, who also fought at San Juan, later wrote “White regiments, black regiments, regulars and Rough Riders, representing the young manhood of the North and the South, fought shoulder to shoulder, unmindful of race or color . . . and mindful of only their common duty as Americans.” INSCRIBED BYTHE AUTHOR 275 c   (MILITARY—WORLD WAR ONE.) Christian, Royal A. Roy’s Trip to the Battlefields of Europe. Frontispiece portrait. [1], 157 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minor staining and wear; minor foxing; inscribed beneath portrait “Very truly yours, Royal A. Christian.” Chambersburg, PA: J.R. Kerr, [1920] [250/350] inscribed and signed first edition . Christian had worked for the president of the CumberlandValley Rail- road in Chambersburg, PA before the war.When the war broke out, his boss was commissioned a major and made the Deputy Director-General ofTransportation. Christian soon joined him in France as his confidential messenger.