MEMOIR AND MEMORIALS ELISHA FRANKLIN PAXTON, Brigadier-General, C.S.A. (27th Virginia Inf) (Inscribed by Author)

(Paxton, Elisha F)., edited by John Gallatin Paxton

Verlag: Printed not Published (De Vinne Press,, New York), 1905

Beschreibung

SUBTITLED: Composed of his Letters from Camp and Field While an Officer in the Confederate Army, with an Introductory and Connecting Narrative Collected and Arranged by his Son, John Gallatin Paxton. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper "To Edward W. Nichols, my best of friends it takes pleasure in person ting this volume. John Gallatin Paxton" BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, vi, 114 pgs, Printed, Not Published, 1st ed. / 1st issue. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth. Gilt titled cover and spine. Top edge gilt. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to cover, gilt bright. Interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Very scarce Confederate history, seldom offered for sale. Here with a nice presentation to the former Superintendent of VMI. When Virginia seceded from the Union in 1861, Paxton enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Rockbridge Rifles, which became a company of the 27th Virginia Infantry. This regiment of Shenandoah Valley volunteers and 4 other Virginia regiments were brigaded under the command of Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson. At First Bull Run, Jackson and his command earned enduring fame as "Stonewall" and the "Stonewall Brigade." In October 1861 he was elected Major of the 27th. Nicknamed "Bull," he lacked the ability to gain favor with his men and in the spring of 1862, he failed reelection. Jackson, who liked his fellow Lexingtonian, appointed him to his staff as assistant adjutant general with the rank of Major. He served Jackson during the campaigns of 1862, temporarily acting as chief of staff. On November 1, with Jackson's endorsement, the staff officer was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned to the command of the Stonewall Brigade. Jackson advanced him over all the regimental commanders, whom Jackson believed were not qualified for the post. The officers and enlisted men vehemently protested the appointment. Colonel Andrew Jackson Grigsby, commander of the 27th, led the protest, eventually resigning in disgust. He never had the opportunity to vindicate his selection by Jackson. The Stonewall Brigade held a reserve position at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862. At Chancellorsville, on May 2, 1863, when Jackson's Corps routed the Union XI Corps in a surprise attack, his brigade again acted as support. The next morning, as the brigade prepared to attack in the early light, he was killed instantly by a minie ball. REFERENCES: DORN. II 3030; NEVINS I pg. 142 "This volume, privately printed for the family, is highly important for the warmly human comments of one of the commanders of the Stonewall Brigade." IN TALLER COTTON 148 "Some copies of the 1905 private edition were published in 1907 without revision, but with a tip-in sheet of explanation, by the Neale Publishing Company of New York and Washington." EICHER #298: "This difficult-to-procure book has a peculiar publication history in that the remaining stock of this privately printed work was purchased in 1907 by the Neale Publishing Company which sold it beginning in 1907." KRICK #374: "The majority of this slender volume is given up to publication of Paxton's letters written as an officer in the 27th Virginia Infantry, then an aide to Jackson and finally as brigadier commanding the famed Stonewall Brigade. Their content is interesting and sometimes moving. A section of material concerning Paxton's death at Chancellorsville is included.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1223070

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Titel: MEMOIR AND MEMORIALS ELISHA FRANKLIN PAXTON,...

Verlag: Printed not Published (De Vinne Press,, New York)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1905

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition