Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1926. First. Hard Bound. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY COULTER. A scholarly study as are all of Professor Coulter’s efforts. Nevins II-147: “A good account of the history and character of this key border state, embraces all facets of life there.”... More
Baltimore: Guggenheimer, Weil, 1900. 1900 Edition. Hard Cover. Goldsborough, W.W. The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Guggenheimer, Weil, Baltimore. Copyright 1900. This is a second edition of the 1869 first. This edition is advertised as “Revised and expanded.” This edition physically larger than the first edition. Equally scarce..... More
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1867. First. Hard Cover. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF A VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN TALL COTTON SELECTION!! Written by an officer who served in the unit throughout the War mainly in the Southeast. Chatham Artillery was a participant at Olustee. Jones was a...... More
Mexico, MO: Missouri Printing and Publishing, 1906. First. hard Bound. Bromfield served on Lieutenant General A.P. Stewart’s staff. Not a chronological presentation, but paragraphs on particular events or persons. Many, many illustrations. A must for any student of the Army of Tennessee or the War in the West. Howes-282..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900. First. Hard Bound. The subjects of this book have been debated since the last gun was fired. An impossible task, Livermore used a very detailed study to reach his conclusions. His figures have been used by many historians in their works. For years the figure of..... More
Sprngfield, MA: C.A. Nichols, 1875. First. Hard Bound. This is a detailed and lengthy account of a fighting Massachusetts infantry regiment. It suffered so many casualties that it was designated a"Fighting 300 Regiment" by Fox. The regiment served in the Army of the Potomac mostly in the Sixth Corps. It..... More
Montreal: John Lovell, 1865. First. Hard Bound. A VERY RARE BOOK! John Yates Beall (January 1, 1835 – February 24, 1865) was a Confederate privateer in the American Civil War who was arrested as a spy in New York and executed at Fort Columbus on Governors Island. John Yates..... More
Government Printing: U.S. Senate, 1864. First. Wraps. Cited subjects include a general courts martial of ass't surgeon Webster, management of general hospitals, and orders and instructions in regard to the medical department. There is a very important article dealing with military commander's authority over medical hospitals. A serious issue..... More
n.p. Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, n.d. Off print. Wraps. The author was the surgeon for the 41st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He and his unit served in the West and took part in all the big battles there. He has a short paragraph or two on most of the battles..... More
NY: Putnam, 1912. It contains 62 illustrations, mostly photos. First. Hard Bound. Extensive account of Elimira of over 450 pages. It contains a list of Confederate dead buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. There are testimonials from several Confederate prisoners as well as a detailed history of the camp from formation..... More
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1930. First. Hard Bound. "The time has come for an impartial and non-controversial study of prisons North and South during the Civil War. Old hates have cooled..." (Publisher's note.) Arguably the best compilation of prisoner of war information. Extensive bibliography. Each prison is addressed..... More
madison: Democrat Printing , State Printer, 1911. First. Hard Bound. SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION, D.G.JAMES. An important Wisconsin piece. Includes list of deaths, testimonies of former Andersonville inmates including Mr. James who signed the book. Not at all sympathetic to Southern arguments and is therefore a...... More
NY: Lange & Hillman, 1870. First. Hard Bund. Nevins I-91: “ One of the better, straightforward accounts of life in Federal hospitals…” Julia Wheelock felt the need to help the fallen Union soldiers so she went to Washington City to offer her services. She was there from September..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900. First. Hard Bound. Great Civil War info, easily 3/4ths of the book deals with Civil War ships/navy. Details on the Monitor/Merrimac engagement, also the Brown Water navy that fought on the rivers and streams of the South. There is some dialog on the CSS Alabama and..... More
Augusta: Chronicle Publishing, 1890. First. Wraps. 27 pages. When Sherman's army approached Savannah at the conclusion of his march to sea, the Confederate Army in the city decided it was time to leave. This is really a military history and essentially ignores the civilian aspects of the surrender. A thorough..... More
Augusta: Chronicle Printing, 1893. First. Wraps. This is an address to Confederate Survivors at their 12th reunion. This booklet contains two narratives, that of the prolific Colonel Jones on Josiah Tattnall and General Forrest at Brice's Crossroads amongst other bits and pieces. This account is supplemented by a...... More
Rochester, NY: n.p., 1906. First. Limited Printing. Hard Bound. LIMITED TO ONLY 300 COPIES, THIS LIKELY 186. BEARS THE INITIALS OF GEORGE P. HUMPHREY, THE MAN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOOK'S PUBLICATION. Book extremely laudatory about Lee, Wolseley says "…greatest soldier of his age…" and..... More
Leavenworth, KS: Journal of the U.S. Cavalry Association. Circa 1911. Offprint. Wraps. Gilpin, a clerk in Upton's HQ, wrote an article for the Cavalry Association by the same title in 1908. The article is found in Dornbusch under Third Iowa Cavalry. This article was then reprinted into this book... More
NY: Putnams, 1918. First. Hardbound. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LONN. Another scholarly narrative by a respected historian. She authored NOT ONE, BUT TWO In Tall Cotton books and others of significance. This is a period of much turbulence and violence surrounding voting. Not in Nevins or other bibliographies. This..... More
Richmond: Jones Brothers, 1867. No Edition. Hard Bound. THIS IS A SALESMAN’S SAMPLE LIKELY PUBLISHED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BOOK, CIRCA 1867. IT CONTAINS TWO PORTRAITS, LEE AND JOE JOHNSTON, SEVERAL MAPS (MORE THAN A DOZEN AND ALL IN VG CONDITION) SELECTED TEXT, A BROADSIDE DETAILING THE BOOK..... More
NY: Neale Publishing, 1929. First. Hard Bound. The title is very descriptive of the narrative. This being the fateful campaign of 1864-5 into Tennessee that virtually destroyed the proud Confederate Army of Tennessee at Franklin and Nashville. Howes 336. Nevins I-32: "...thoroughly researched..." Winner of the Robert M...... More
Philadelphia: George Jacobs, 1908. First. Hard Bound. A part of the American Crisis Biographies. Not in the standard references. This a solid bio of Stonewall from birth to death for the person who wants to know the time and not how to make the watch. There..... More
Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1893. First. Wraps. Protected by a cardboard clamshell folder. Very little found on this gifted Confederate general. He was controversial and argumentative which cost him in his military career. "He was known as an aggressive leader, being severely strict, deeply religious and having dry..... More
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1939. First. Hard Bound. Both sides of this issue are presented. The narrative is thoroughly researched as evidenced by 35 pages of bibliography. The author states an interesting conclusion: If words could fix the problem it would have as everything was said. Although not..... More
Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1865. Stated third thousand. Wraps. Patterson has often been labeled as the goat and reason the Union lost the battle of First Manassas. His task was to hold the Confederate forces in the Valley in place to prevent them from reinforcing those at Manassas where the main..... More