"Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" [US House of Representatives, 1864]

"Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" [US House of Representatives, 1864]. Brown cloth with faded gilt titling on front cover. This book contains two reports from 1864 from the 1st session of the 38th Congress, “Fort Pillow Massacre” (128pp) and “Returned Prisoners” (42pp). The latter includes 8 detailed portraits of returned prisoners showing their poor health/conditions and coinciding testimonies. The book features the signature of J. Hale Sypher inside the front cover just above a round bookplate from Justin R. Sypher (details below). Hinges intact, binding sound. Significant foxing throughout, several instances of insect holes, and a fair number of torn bottom right page corners. Significant fraying of cover cloth at head/tail of spine. All text perfectly legible and paper doesn’t appear brittle. Overall, Good,

General Jacob Hale Sypher (June 22, 1837 – May 9, 1905) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Louisiana. He served four terms as a Republican after having served in the Union Army.

Justin Ralph Sypher (1874 - 1948) was Jacob Sypher’s nephew, the son of Josiah Reinhart Sypher, a war correspondent for the New York Tribune.