Thursday, April 16, 2009

Now That's a Long-Overdue Book

Library book stolen during US Civil War returned after 145 years - Telegraph: "The 1842 book, the first volume of WFP Napier's four-volume 'History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814', was returned to a Washington and Lee University library in Lexington, Virginia by a friend of one of the soldier's descendants.

Soldier CS Gates took the book on June 11, 1864, from the library of what was then Washington College, university officials said this week.

The theft took place when Army of West Virginia Gen. David Hunter's troops raided the area and looted the college's buildings."

I wonder if WFP Napier is related to Cap'n Bob.

1 comment:

Cap'n Bob said...

Yes he is, and I'll take that overdue book fine in cash, please.