Forty Years of Active Service

O'Ferrall, Col. Charles T.

Verlag: The Neale Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1904

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION in brown cloth with gilt titling, frontis. port. of the author, 367pp. Nevins I - p.139. Dornbusch II #1270. Good+ due to water damage to bottom right-hand corner of pages - not affecting text. Other than that, book is Very Good. Subtitle of book: Being Some History of the War between the Confederacy and the Union of the Events Leading Up to It, with Reminiscences of the Struggle and Accounts of the Author's Experiences of Four Years from Private to Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Colonel in the Cavalry of Northern Virginia. Also Much of the History of Virginia and the Nation in Which the Author Took Part for Many Years in Political Conventions and on the Hustings and as Lawyer, Member of the Legislature of Virginia, Judge, Member of the House of Representatives of the United States and Governor of Virginia. "Half of this very personal narrative recounts the author s service in the Shenandoah Valley an an officer in the 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment. O'Ferrall later served as a congressman and as a Governor of Virginia." He also includes notes on the history of Virginia. After the war "Both the military and political portions are significant.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7824

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Forty Years of Active Service

Verlag: The Neale Publishing Company, New York, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1904

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good+

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dust jacket

Auflage: First Edition.