PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF 1861-65 (11th VA inf. CSA Military History) (with original Dust Jacket

Morgan, W. H. (William Henry)

Verlag: J.P. Bell Co. Lynchburg Va, 1911

Beschreibung

SUBTITLED: In Camp--en Bivouac--on the March--on Picket--on the Skirmish Line--on the Battlefield--and in Prison. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 286 pgs, index, frontis portrait, unit rosters. Decorative light gray cloth with gilt flags and gilt titled cover and spine. With the rarely seen dust jacket. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Book is clean and bright. Interior is clean and tight. The unclipped dust jacket has a small rectangle cut from its spine (likely the original price). A remarkable clean copy with the very scarce dust jacket, now in mylar sleeve. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: First printing of the first edition. William Henry Morgan entered the Confederate Army as orderly sergeant of "The Clifton Grays," of Campbell County. The company was mustered into service as company C and became a part of the 11th Virginia Regiment, Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. Private Morgan soon became captain of his company and served in all the battles in which that noted regiment was engaged until his capture in May 1864. Captain Morgan, while true to the Union after the Civil War, never forgot the cause for which he fought. REFERENCES: DORN II #1366; COULTER 330 "Written nearly fifty years after the Civil War, these reminiscences contain little new or contemporaneous material."; NEVINS I pg. 133 "Written years after the war by a soldier in the 11th Virginia, this work adds little of interest or value to the story of Lee's Army.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1223052

Bibliografische Details

Titel: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR OF 1861-65...

Verlag: J.P. Bell Co. Lynchburg Va

Erscheinungsdatum: 1911

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition