Hillsboro, TX: Hill Junior College Press, 1968, 70, 74, 77. All First. All Hard Bound. A FOUR VOLUME SET ACCEPTED AS THE DEFINITIVE STUDY OF THE FAMOUS HOOD'S TEXAS BRIGADE. The four volumes are Hood’s Texas Brigade: A Compendium; Hood’s Texas Brigade in Reunion and Memory; Hood’s Brigade..... More
Toledo, OH: Slocum Publishing, 1913. First. Hard Cover. Slocum was a good Corps commander who served both in the East and with Sherman in the West. Slocum was commander of one of the two corps sent West by Grant. His advice to Meade at Gettysburg was to stay and fight..... More
Weston, WVA: Society of Historical Engravings, 1920. First. Hardbound. A smallish, unpaginated book. Interesting printing with page borders and decorations. A very rare account of the Great One, not found in the popular bibliographies. Doubt there is anything new and startling in this volume, but a "must have" for any..... More
Wilmington, DE: Historical Society of Delaware, 1909. First. WRAPPERS. WRAPPERS. A Second Army Corps unit, it was known as the “Crazy Delawares.” It fought under General Richardson at the Bloody Lane where it made a highly effective charge that went unnoticed by higher echelons. Seems a real sore..... More
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1968. First. Hard bound. Very scholarly study of the effect disease had on the armies readiness. It is commonly known that far more soldiers died from disease than from combat. The auther looks at the impact illness had on readiness and several major battles. A...... More
Philadelphia: National Publishing, 1868. First Editions. Hard Bound. Two Volumes. TWO VOLUMES. In Tall Cotton-175: “…a learned defense of what the Civil War proved indefensible…” SP. Nevins II-91: “…elaborate, legalistic argument to vindicate the South…” Howes-938: “Most elaborate and best argument for constitutional validity of the doctrine of states..... More
Hillsboro, TX: Hillsboro Mirror Print, 1902. First. Hard Bound. A very rare and expensive Hood's Texas Brigade related book. The author was a member of the famed Fifth Texas Infantry, arguably in one of the best brigades on either side. "Texans always turn them" and "Lee to the rear!" are..... More
Hillsboro, TX: Hillsboro Mirror Print, 1902. First. Hard Cover. A very rare and expensive Hood's Texas Brigade related book. The author was a member of the famed Fifth Texas Infantry, arguably in one of the best brigades on either side. "Texans always turn them" and "Lee to the rear!" are..... More
NY: Neale Publishing, 1930. First. Hard Cover. Likely one of the last Civil War related Neale publications. Also rare in that it has a decided Union flavor unlike the bulk of their work. The author endlessly praises the Union efforts and senior military leadership while ripping the Confederate cause..... More
NY: Broadway Publishing, 1911. First. Hard Cover. A scarce book written by a former member of the 61st Virginia Infantry. This is a series of anecdotes and not a chronological account of his Confederate infantry unit. Stewart was the unit's lieutenant colonel where he was wounded three times; at Chancellorsville..... More
Washington City: G.M. Van Buren, 1883. Probable Second. Wraps. The author wrote several books, in fact, he may have extracted portions of this book for publication under separate cover; i.e., The List of Battles. An unusual book that is a consolidation of several subjects. Of major importance is the list..... More
Des Moines: Mills & Company, 1865. First. Hard Bound. About all you would want to know about Iowa units. Short unit histories of each State unit .Many biographies and portraits but most foxed. Accounts of battles, etc. An excellent reference book with many subjects covered. More
Boston: Sabbath School Society, 1867. First. Hard Cover. A special book on Black units in the Civil War. One brother being a chaplain in a Black Regiment. This was James, who served in the Deep South and later at Key West. He was on Ships Island, near Mobile and likely..... More
N.Y. Longman, Green, 1879. First. Hard Bound. Southall Freeman states Taylor possessed "literary skills of the first rank." ITC-17 Nevins I-166. "One of, if not the best autobiography by a Confederate officer." Howes T-73. One of must haves written by a remarkable man. Not West Point trained as were..... More
Winchester, VA: Eddy Press, 1907. First. Hard Cover. The author, a Valley resident of Middleburg, prepared a very sympathetic biography of "The Knight of the Valley." It is a chronological narrative from the beginning of the War until Ashby's death. This work is not found in the standard..... More
Parsons, WVA: McClain Printing, 1979. First. Hard Cover. Longstreet is often vilified because of his supposed criticism of Lee's actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was instantly attacked by brother Confederate generals following his narrative of the action at High Tide. It is hard to argue that Longstreet's plan..... More
Detroit: Friesema Brothers, 1905. First. HB. Small and rare little unit history. Trowbridge was colonel of the regiment. LACKS ORIGINAL MAP BUT FACSIMILE INCLUDED. Many portraits of unit officers. Officer roster. Service almost exclusively in the Knoxville area of East Tennessee. Very detailed account of the unit’s actions. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961. First. Hard Cover. An earlier study of the big battle in the Western Theater where the opposing sides were nearly equal in numbers. Still a highly respected study. Nevins states "...the ablest study of the greatest battle in the West...." More
NY: McGraw Hill, 1960. First. Hard Cover. In 1864 General Robert E. Lee sent a Confederate force under the command of Jubal Early to threaten Washington City. This was an attempt to relieve Union pressure being applied in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Early was successful and reached the outskirts of the..... More
{Cincinnati}: Cincinnati Lancet and Observer, 1863. First. Disbound wraps. Various articles dealing with militay medicine. More
London: Swan-Sonnenschien, 1908. First. Hardbound. Book Number 8 in the series of books published for study by Royal Army officers in preparation for their competency exams. These studies are without the bias and "cover my tail tone" found in the works by participating Union and Confederates personnel. Well organized and..... More
Madison? Wisconsin History Commission, 1908. First. Hard Bound. LIMITED TO 2500 COPIES. A lenghty paper read before the Madison Literary Club. Author was the LtCol of the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteers. The book also contains an appendixr on Wisconsin memorials/monuments. More
n.p. Ohio Commandery, February, 1915. First. Wrappers. Boyd Vincent was the brother of Strong Vincent whose brigade defended Little Round Top on July Second at Gettysburg. The 20th Maine under Colonel Joshua Chamberlain was one of the regiments under Vincent's command, the others were the 16th Michigan, 44th New York..... More
Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1906. First. Hard Cover. The 19th is a Fox’s Fighting 300 unit which is a Union unit that suffered the most casualties during the War. This was a real fighting unit. For example it assaulted Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg where it lost eight color bearers and..... More
Richmond: Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee, 1964. First. Wraps. Richmond became the medical center for the Confederacy where it eventually housed over 100 hospitals of varying size. This account has the history of most of the larger hospitals. It also contains numerous photos of the facilities. More