44 pp. 21x16 cm (8¼x6¼") original printed wrappers. Housed in a custom brown morocco and tan cloth drop-back box. First Edition.
Original edition of this graphic account of the battle, by the California lieutenant who commanded the two howitzers which were largely influential in securing victory over the Indians. Pettis, as commanding officer of Company K, California Volunteers, marched to Arizona and New Mexico in the summer of 1862 with the “California Column” of the tough Colonel (later General) J. H. Carleton, and continued in active service in New Mexico for the better part of three years. He participated in Kit Carson’s Kiowa and Comanche campaign of November and December, 1864, and was in action in the celebrated fight at Adobe Wells. Quite scarce, the last copy appearing in the auction records, sold 1976. Rader 2656.