This is a nicely inscribed copy of Volume 2 of the cavalry tactics twice inscribed by William Bayard, on the title page and the flyleaf indicating it was Bayard’s own copy with the latter inscription later supplemented by the officer to whom Bayard had given it: “Presented by William Bayard To Wm. Penn Lloyd and studied by him when he served at Genl. George D. Bayard’s Head Quarters from May 5 1862 until the General was killed at Fredericksburg December 13” 1862 This study prepared him for his subsequent service as Adjutant of a Regiment and assistant adjt. Genl. of a Brigade.”

William Penn Loyd, 1837-1911, was a teacher, lawyer and politician, member of the G.A.R., and the Gettysburg Battlefield Commission, and also author of the history of the 1^st Pa Cavalry. He enlisted/mustered in in that regiment 9/1/1861 as a private in Co. G and was promoted Hospital Steward as of 12/18/62. He made 1^st Lieutenant 3/22/63, was assigned to Co. E, and Adjutant 9/1/63, assigned to the Field and Staff, mustering out 9/9/64.

Also known as the 44^th Regiment of the PA line and the 15^th PA Reserves, the regiment was first commanded by George D. Bayard as Colonel. General Bayard graduated West Point in 1856 and served in the 1^st US Cavalry. As Colonel of the 1^st PA Cavalry he served in the Shenandoah against Jackson and was promoted Brigadier General of Volunteers, and given command first of the cavalry of the 3^rd Army Corps and then of cavalry of the “Left Grand Division.” He was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg by a shell burst while conferring with Gen. W.B. Franklin.

William Bayard was a distant cousin of George D. Bayard who managed to make his way back north from Texas when the war started and was purportedly promised a commission in the regular army early on by way of his connections with Robert Anderson (of Sumter fame.) In the meantime he joined his cousin’s regiment, gaining a commission as 2^nd Lieutenant in the 1^st PA Cavalry from 3/1/62 to 9/1/62 during which time he apparently served as regimental adjutant, and then as an aide on Bayard’s staff after his promotion to Brigadier General of Volunteers on 4/28/62, earning some praise for his behavior in the field. In the wake of Gen. Bayard’s death, Lincoln wrote to Stanton recommending him for a commission in the regular army, stating that he had acted as aide to Bayard all the way up to his death (likely as a volunteer aide de camp) which took a while longer to come through, and Bayard simply entered the 4^th US Cavalry as an enlisted man, serving as private and corporal from 2/2/63 to October/November 1863 when his commission as 2^nd Lieutenant finally came through as of 10/1/63. He served for the rest of the war in the western theatre, was posted to the 9^th US Cavalry in 1866, and mustered out in January 1871, having received brevets to 1^st Lieutenant, Captain, for gallant and meritorious service and to Major for gallantry during the pursuit of Hood after the Battle of Nashville “and in the charge of his regiment against the earthworks at Selma, Ala.”

This is in good condition, with wear to the binding as shown and minor foxing, nothing unexpected or unacceptable in a manual actually carried in the field and with some interesting historical associations to officers with a great deal of active service.  [sr] [ph:L]

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