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Personal Recollections of Stonewall Jackson, Also Sketches and Stories.
Cincinnati: Editor Publishing Co., 1899. First. HB. Not a common Stonewall bio. Book is about 40% Stonewall and then ramblings. More
Memoirs
The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865
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
Memories and Memorials of William Gordon McCabe.
Richmond: Old Dominion Press, 1925. First Editions. HBs. TWO VOLUMES. McCabe served in the Richmond Howitzers and with Pegram at the end of the War. War info limited. More
The Maps of First Bull Run.
NY: Savas Beatie, 2009. First. Hardcover. If you ever want to get an education on this first important battle in the East, this is the book. Excellent to-the-point narrative to go with explicit and easy to follow maps. The maps are multi-colored aiding in their interpretation.There are 39 maps associated..... More
The Maps of Gettysburg
NY: Savas Beatie, 2007. Second Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fantastic book! Loaded with myriad maps of this pivotable battle. When a situation changed the author added a new map to show the what has occurred. This make the flow of the campaign easy to follow and the illustrations fit..... More
Bate, General William B. Memorial Addresses in the Senate of the United States.
Washington City: Government Printing Office, 1907. First. HB. [MEMORIAL] This is one of many addresses upon the death of Senate members. Wm. Bate was an outstanding Confederate general and information on him is scarce. He was from Tennessee, arguably the second best general (save Forrest) from that state. Much on..... More
The Truth About Chickamauga.
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1911. First. HB. Nevins I-38: “…Elaborate, informed, but opinionated---useful maps.” Dornbusch III-2620. More
A Treatise on the Camp and March With Which is Connected the Construction of Field Works and Military Bridges With an Appendix of Artillery Ranges, etc
Boston: Petridge and Co., 1854. Unknown. HB. Manual. Covers many of the chores associated with camp life along with other military duties. VERY SCARCE. More
Recollections and Reflections
Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1906. First. Hard Cover. At first glance it appears there is little Civil War content. However, Green enlisted as a private in the (2nd NC which became the 12th) in 1861 where he earned a commission a few months later. Defeated in a commissioning re-election he..... More
Life in the Army in the Departments of Virginia, and the Gulf Including Observations in New Orleans.
Philadelphia: Perkinpine & Higgins, 1868. Second. Hard Cover. Covers the service of the 127th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.Most losses at Fredericksburg (Burnside) and again at Fredericksburg during the Chancellorsville Campaign (Hooker) when they finally took Marye’s Heights. A nine months regiment. The author was the unit's chaplain. Nevins I-97. Dornbusch I-315. More
A Manual of Military Surgery, Or, Hints on the Emergencies of Field, Camp, and Hospital Practice
NY: Lippincott, 1861. Second Edition dated 1862. HB Manual. AN EXTREMELY RARE SURGEON’S MANUAL. SO SCARCE IT CAN NOT BE FOUND IN ANY REFERENCES. I HAVE SEEN A CONFEDERATE VERSION ONCE AND IT WAS MARKED $5,000! More
A Brief Narrative of the Fourth Tennessee Cavalry Regiment: Wheeler’s Corps, Army of Tennessee.
Nashville: N.P., 1913. First. HB. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY GUILD TO S.A. CUNNINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN MAGAZINE IN 1913. Not overly common, a good CSA Tennessee Cavalry regimental. Not many of these. More
The Catawba Soldier of the Civil War.
Hickory, NC: Clay Printing, 1911. First. HB. Red Cloth. Nevins II-223. Catawba County is located in Western North Carolina. This rare book lists over 1500 soldiers from the area and gives a bio of each. Tom Broadfoot reports that it is seldom found in good condition. Not the case with..... More
Elements of Military Art and Science; Or Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortifications, Tactics of Battle, Etc.
NY: Appleton, 1862. 1862 War dated edition. HB Manual. This an 1862 edition (third) carrying a “during the War” premium. Halleck pre-Grant leader of the Union Army, very active in Union operations early in the War. He was noted for his intellect, called "Old Brains" by some... More
Reminiscences of the Civil War.
Little Rock: Tunnah & Pittard, 1903. First. HB. A scarce reminiscence by an Arkansas private, CSA. Unusual book, starts like a novel then gets into anecdotes. Author served in the 25th Arkansas Infantry. Very difficult to find military history of that state's units. Says Vol I on the title page..... More
A Treatise on Military Surgery and Hygiene.
NY: Bailliere Brothers, 1865. First. HB Manual. A RARE AND EXPENSIVE CIVIL WAR SURGEON'S MANUAL. THIS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE SANITARY COMMISSION TO THE SIXTH ARMY CORPS. Great content, covers virtually all medical aspects of the military surgeon. Case studies and an interesting commentary on the quality of Afro-American..... More
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Bangor, ME: For the Author, 1896. First. Hard Bound. Nevins I-31: "..Detailed study of Jackson's flanking movement.." Dornbusch IV-12791. A standard on this campaign. More
The Making of a Soldier: Letters of General R.S. Ewell.
Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1935. First. HB. Nevins I-86. Not much on General R.S. Ewell, an acceptable division commander, but questionable corps commander. Highly criticized for his role at The Wilderness. More
Autobiography
Macon: J.W. Burke, 1928. First. Hard Bound. Harris served in the 16th VA Cavalry. He later became the governor of Georgia. Book full of short anecdotes. Coulter 215. Dornbusch II-1262. Nevins I-100. More
The Surgeon and the Hospital in the Civil War.
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
The Confederate Hundred
Urbana, IL: Beta Phi Mu (Original), 1964. Reprint Limited Edition. Hard Bound. SIGNED BY HARWELL LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, THIS NUMBERED #92. Richard Harwell was a very prominent historian, among many other pursuits, during the 1950s on. He authored In Tall Cotton, a bible for Confederate literature collecting..... More
Mending Broken Soldiers: The Union and Confederate Programs to Supply Artificial Limbs.
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois Press, 2012. First. Hard Bound. Scholarly study in a long neglected field. Large portions of post war state budgets were earmarked for this purpose. As many as 60,000 underwent amputation during the War. More
Hood's Tennessee Campaign
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
The Nineteenth Illinois.
Chicago: Donohue, 1912. First. HB. INTERESTING ASSOCIATION, COLONEL OF THE 19TH WAS TURCHIN, AUTHOR OF THE COLLECTIBLE CHICKAMAUGA BOOK. MOST UNIT MEMBERS WERE FROM THE CHICAGO AND WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA. ROSTER AND PICTURES. WESTERN THEATER UNIT. "Who Will Save the Left." More
Campaigns and Battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers.
Nashville: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing, 1884. First. HB. Nevins I-102”…author gained the rank of major before his capture, he spent the last year of the War in Camp Douglas.” Howes 374. Dornbusch II-1015. Nevins I-102. Contains sketches of the 5th, 8th, Carnes Battery, Wright’s Brigade, 11th, 17th, 33rd, 7th Kentucky and..... More