The Battle of Seven Pines.
New York: C. G. Crawford, 1891. First edition. 8vo. 202 pp. Maps, facsimiles. Inscribed at the head of the title page "from the author" and in the same hand "G. Peyton / Univ. of Va." Moses Green Peyton (1828-1897) was a staff officer in the Army of Northern Virginia during the war and Proctor of the U. of Virginia, 1868-1897. Nevins I, p. 43: "A detailed but painfully defensive tract on the Confederate operations at Fair Oaks by the man who temporarily commanded the army." Dornbusch III, 1573. Nicholson, p. 787. Some interior soiling, but a very good copy with a nice association. Original gilt-stamped burgundy stiff wrappers (rubbed, worn at spine ends and corners). (10005). Item #63596
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