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
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: 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
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
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
NY: Van Nostrand, 1862. New Edition, Revised. Hard Bound. Very scarce Navy manual. Book may have its origin with a manual by Totten in 1841. Full of navy jargon. Gives the basics of seamanship along with a glossary of terms (much needed). Lengthy book of 449 pages. The signature..... 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
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: Enquirer Book and Job Press, 1862. First. Wraps bound in. CONFEDERATE IMPRINT. P&W-5100, C-2662. Howes 101. Not in Nevins. Dornbusch III-1509. A really handsome book as it is bound into 3/4 leather and marbled boards by one of the best restorers in the business. He also restored..... More
Topeka, KS: Crane and Company, 1907. First. Hard Bound. The First Iowa Infantry was a very early three month regiment. It did service in seeing that Missouri did not go Confederate and then fought at Wilson's Creek. Not much contemporary about this battle. Author states most of the regiment enlisted..... More
NY: Scribners, 1949. First. Hard Cover. The classic study on this man. Hampton was a wealthy South Carolina planter prior to the War and perhaps the largest slave holder in the South. At the commencement of the War he raised and partially funded a "legion" comprised of combined artillery, cavalry..... More
Waco, TX: J.S. Hill, 1901. Likely a First. The standard orange wrappers. Private West served in the famed Fourth Texas Infantry, Hood's Texas Brigade, Longstreet's Corp, Army of Northern Virginia. This brigade is arguably the most fighting and best unit on either side. In all the major fights in the..... 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
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
NY: Putnam, 1887. First. Hard Cover. The author served the 11th NY Battery. He was just 16 when he enlisted in 1863. Mistakenly, he was first confined with misfit bounty jumpers and captured deserters. They drew little sympathy from the rest of the army as evidenced by the shooting of..... More
Claremont, NH: For the Author.Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1864. First. Hard Bound. History of the 14th Vermont Infantry which was a nine months regiment. They entered service in October 1862 and mustered out in July 1863. They were in time for service at Gettysburg. They served in the First Army Corps..... More