Harper & Brothers publish BATTLE PIECES

This day 154 years ago, Harper & Brothers published Herman Melville's collection of Civil War poems titled Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. From the New York Commercial Advertiser, August 23, 1866 via genealogybank.com:

New York Commercial Advertiser - August 23, 1866

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

HARPER & BROTHERS, New York

Publish this Day:

I. BATTLE PIECES
AND
ASPECTS OF THE WAR.

By HERMAN MELVILLE,

Author of "Typee," "Omoo," "Redburn," "Mardi," "Moby Dick," "Whitejacket," &c.

12mo, CLOTH, BEVELED EDGES, $1 75.