Baltimore, (MD): Printed by John Murphy & Co. for the society, 1871. First edition. 8vo. 54 pp. Laudatory address by the former Confederate cavalry commander who rose to the rank of lieutenant general during the war without prior military training. Dornbusch II, 2935. Nicholson, p. 352. Still a good copy... More
New York: Neale Publishing Co., 1914. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Portrait plates. The author served with the Richmond Howitzers during the war. Nevins I, p. 23: "Poorly organized potpourri of quotations from official reports and other accounts of the major Confederate operations in the East." Dornbusch II, 2909A. Krick... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press, 1941. First edition. 8vo. xxi, 713 pp. Double-page map. Nevins II, p. 175: "Definitive study of the administration of justice in the Confederacy; scholarly, comprehensive, detailed." In Tall Cotton 158. Gift inscription on front endpaper, else very good. Original gray cloth, gilt spine title. (9956). More
NY and Washington: Neale Publishing Co., 1906. Revised edition (Published as "A History of Morgan's Cavalry" in 1867). 8vo. 441 pp. Portrait plates, maps. Duke served as second in command to his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan. Howes D-548. Dornbusch III, 1230A. Krick 121: "Blend of biographical material on Morgan and... More
Washington, (DC): Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856. First edition, House of Representatives Report No. 200, 34th Congress, 1st Session. Thick 8vo. vii, 1206 pp. Conflict over the legality of slavery in the Territory of Kansas, resulting in bloody and lethal confrontations and the rise to prominence of the abolitionist John Brown... More
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1878. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 755, (2, ad leaf) pp. Frontispiece portrait of the subject, other plates from wood engravings, in-text maps. Johnston (1803-1862) served as a general for the Republic of Texas, the United States, and the Confederate states; he commanded the C.S.A.'s... More
Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Society Papers, 1920. First edition, issued as Volume V, Southern Historical papers, New Series, August, 1920, with "Jackson's Valley Campaign" by Allan Jackson; this copy extracted and bound separately. 8vo (6), 110 pp. Smith served as Jackson's aide-de-camp and was with him when he was wounded... More
NY and Washington: Neale Publishing Co., 1907. First edition. 8vo. 315 pp. Portrait plates. Howes M-759. Nevins I, p. 132: "The favorite Civil War book of Gen. George C. Marshall; a human, moving narrative by a young member of one of the Confederacy's most celebrated units." Dornbusch II, 1171. In... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiv, (3), 550, 32 [publisher's catalogue]; (8), 641 pp. Two portrait plates, 33 maps and plans, some folding. With the year-of-publication ownership signature "A.C. Hopkins / Charles Town, WVa. / 1898" at the head of each half-title; Rev. Abner... More
London: James Nisbet, 1864-1866. First edition (the American edition, complete in one volume, appeared in 1866). 8vo. 2 volumes: vi, (2), 333, [2 & 16, publisher's catalogues]; xvi, 527, [16, publisher's catalogue] pp. Mounted portrait photograph (3 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches) of Jackson as frontispiece to volume one. With... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951. Second edition (first published in 1939). 8vo. 235 pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to southern novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes. Nevins I, p. 14: "The pre-eminent study of Confederate historical writing by a great practitioner in the field; invaluable as a.... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch Press, 1910. First edition. Tall 8vo. 542 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, vignette portraits, frontispiece portrait of Quantrill, maps and plans, two folding. Howes C-689. Nevins I, p. 25: "Strongly hostile to everything about Quantrill, the author has put together a badly organized but pungent story... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 474 pp. Illustrated with three portrait plates, including the frontispiece, the general in his Confederate Army uniform. Taped in at the front hinge is an earlier full-length portrait of Robert E. Lee in his Confederate Army uniform, with his clipped... More
Signed by Cushing's first sergeant Frederick Fuger, who took over command of the battery after all three of its officers were killed or wounded, and was also awarded the Medal of Honor, in 1897. This roll, for the quarter April 1 through June 30, 1863, lists four officers, seven non-commissioned... More
Raleigh, (NC): E.M. Uzzell & Co., Printers, 1908. First edition. 8vo. 62 pp. With the erratum slip tipped in. Argues with the charges brought against Wirz, one of two Confederates executed for war crimes. Laid in is a 4-page illustrated biographical sketch of Wirz (apparently not recorded on OCLC), accompanied... More
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Two maps, one folding, one double-page, and a plan. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to Gen. G. W. C. Lee (1832-1913), the eldest son of Robert E. Lee, who graduated first in his class at West Point... More
Sacramento, CA: (The author, 1911). Second edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 532 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, map and plan. Wirz (1823-1865) was one of two people convicted and executed for war crimes committed during the Civil War. Harry Houdini's copy, with three of his stamps, one each on... More
New York and Atlanta: Charles Scribner's Sons and Martin & Hoyt Co., 1904. "Memorial edition" (the first edition was published the previous year), issued shortly after Gordon's death, with material added. 8vo. xxvii, (5), 474 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits. Gordon (1832-1904) had a meteoric rise in the Confederate... More
Durham, NC: Seeman Printery, 1913. First edition, John Lawson Monographs of the Trinity College Historical Society, Vol. III. 8vo. xxiii, 115 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author. Boggs (1829-1911), a native of Augusta, Georgia, graduated from West Point in 1853, began the Civil War as an artillery officer and staff... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First edition (with the correct K-O designation). 8vo. xix, (3), 534, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits, maps. Nevins I, p. 183: "An exceptionally interesting and reliable memoir by a surgeon who served in the cavalry of Bedford Forrest." Dornbusch II, 214 (Wyeth... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942-1944. Early copy of the first volume (no "A" on copyright page), first editions of volumes two and three. 8vo. 3 volumes: lvi, (2), 773; xlv, 760; xlvi, (2), 862 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits, maps, some folding. Howes F-349. Nevins I, p. 30: "The ablest descriptoive... More
Atlanta, GA: The author, c1972. First edition, a reproduced typescript, published as Vol. XI, No. 1 of the Bulletin of Art and History (i.e., the author's works in series). Small 4to. (2), 216, (18, addenda and index). Illustrated from photographs and paintings, plates, mostly portraits, street plan of Key West... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. First edition. 8vo. x, (1), 683 pp. Color plates, endpaper maps. A novel centering around Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaigns. In Tall Cotton 102. Good solid copy. Original gilt-stamped gray cloth (rubbed and soiled). (425). More
Nashville, (TN): United States Publishing Co., 1905. Second edition (first published the previous year). 8vo. 2 volumes: xiii, (3), 643; v, 760 pp. Portrait plates, frontispiece plates of the Capitol buildings in Montgomery and Richmond. First volume with official papers, the send with diplomatic correspondence. With the defects mentioned, a.... More
NY: Macmillan, 1924. First edition. 8vo. ix, (2), 367 pp. Howes M-755. Nevins, II, p. 174: "Details the nature and operation of the Confederate draft system, and adds an exhaustive description of resentment to conscription." Very good. Original blue-green cloth. (416). More
