JONES, John B.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital.

Philadelphia, (PA): J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: 392; 480 pp. Jones worked through the war as a clerk in the Confederate War Department. Howes J-220. Nevins I, p. 115: "The most consulted journal for wartime Richmond and the Confederate government; Jones, who reworked the diary shortly after the war, had an exaggerated opinion of his military judgements." In Tall Cotton 104. Nicholson, p. 434. South to Posterity, p. 220. Rebound in green cloth, gilt spine titles. (10019). Item #63574

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