Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) General Remarks on the Motion of Machines
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.05 Author/Creator: Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager) (1815-1872) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet signed Date: circa 1838 Pagination: 115 p. ; 33 x 22 cm. Order a Copy
Manual on machines with equations and illustrations throughout. Handwritten notes throughout. Also one sheet of handwritten notes tipped in between pages 40 and 41. Signed by Halleck in pencil on pages 1 and 53. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.
Halleck was graduated from West Point in 1839. He was active in the military and politics in California. After resigning from the Army in 1854, he headed the law firm of Halleck, Peachy & Billings in California. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was appointed major general. He served as Commander in Chief July 1862 to March 1864. Though he excelled in administrative duties, he was generally considered a failure in the field and was succeeded by his subordinate Ulysses S. Grant.
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