Bidspirit auction | (MORDECAI, ALFRED JR.) Printed pamphlet

(MORDECAI, ALFRED JR.) Printed pamphlet issued by the Ordnance Office of the War Department. PERSONAL COPY, SIGNED AND DATED, OF (THEN) CAPTAIN ALFRED MORDECAI JR (USMA June 1861); period ink top of upper cover: “Capt. A. Mordecai…[Recd?]1863.” pp. 24. Original printed wrappers with Ordnance Department insignia on upper cover, touch foxed. 8vo. (Washington, DC) 1863. The duties and instructions of the department are set forth in this (pre-)publication. Mordecai concluded his distinguished four decade career in the army with the rank of brigadier general.