Looking for help with book Civil War

Looking for any opinions or help with the inscription in this book. First part reads.....J A Pettibones book. Captured in S. Carolina Jan. 25th 1864. Geneva Ohio Sept 26 1867. .... pettibone. Can’t make out first initials of the name. The Union one and uninseperable now and forever.......set as have peace US Grant. Second inscription I can’t make out. The third inscription reads....This book trans-filled to the undersigned.....can’t make out first letters Pettibone.
Any help with translation
I probably did not get all translation right and couldn’t make out some words.

 

"The union one and inseparable now and forever" Dan Webster
"Let us have peace" US Grant

This book was transferred to the undersigned
F.A.Pettibone
Feby {<-not sure about that one, but I think it may be abbreviation for February}

 

neat !

 

A first attempt at the writing in the sixth image that is faded and heavily foxed. I think it might be some sort of directions about rebinding the book. F. A. Pettibone's name is now on the spine and since he (I assume a male) is not the original owner, the book has been rebound.

“F. A. Pettibone on back” [?]

“Gilt [?] Book Double [___?]”

“Full ( T ____y )” OR “Full (L ___y)”

@2manycats , any ideas about whether this could be some sort of notes on rebinding?

 

I can read "Geneva, Ohio." Lots of Pettibones in that neck of the woods.

Debora

 

So is the first inscription written by the owner who was captured or a family member? Would it be something he held during captivity?

 

Could you post a photograph of the original owner's name? It's on the title page. All I can make out is "Enos M." And I would think the brief Civil War history is by a descendent.

Debora

 

@Debora this little clipping was in the book as well

 

Am I the only one bothered by the spelling of Shakespeare?

 

Enos M. Fleetwood is what I see.

Debora

 

Or maybe Thos.

 

Spelling doesn't bother me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_Shakespeare's_name

Debora

 

Try Thomas Fleetwood.

 

A possibility for Mr. Pettibone --

Francis (Frank) A. Pettibone. He mostly lived in Ashtabula, Ohio but for a few years right after the Civil War he lived and practiced law in Geneva. He married a woman from Geneva, and I assume that's why he decided to live there for a while.

Somebody posted two obituaries that I just found. It's not proven that this is the same person but -- he was well educated and I think somebody who would have a book re-bound with his name printed in gold leaf on the spine is likely to have been. To me it seems likely. The only things that give me a little pause are that others of course could have the same initials and surname and... the obituaries don't mention him being captured in the war.

https://cruelcoulter.com/family/attachment.php?attachment_id=99

https://cruelcoulter.com/family/attachment.php?attachment_id=97

One of the obits says he was only 43 years when he died. He was born in Sept. 1843, so died in 1886-1887.

 

Yes, I believe you are correct. The second line must be " Gilt Back Double Bands", I think, which would be the raised hubs on the spine which have a gold ornament between two parallel lines; I cannot make out the writing in the third line either, but I think it's some binder's code for the type & style of binding, perhaps known only to him - common types of leather binding would be full (or half or quarter) calf or morocco or sheep or vellum - this one looks like a sort of full morocco, but that's obviously not what it says. Possibly 'Full Tusk' as in Tuscan, if that's where he got some of his leather? The terminology in common use then is not well-known anymore, and has changed - for instance, what they're calling the back, we'd now call the spine.

Instructions to binders were common at the time, though, when hand-work was cheap - you most often see them in illustrated books where the plates were printed separately and had to be glued in by the binder: a printed page will tell the binder which page to place them opposite. And owner's names on bindings show up fairly often, even into the 1950s, usually on things like yearbooks or club manuals.

 

Thank you for replying! I found that very interesting.