Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1959. First Thus. Hard Cover. Even though a second/revised, it is easily the preferred edition due to many additions and revisions to the text. A very scholarly study. In Tall Cotton – 137.: “By far the best study of Confederate diplomacy.” Nevins I-265: …”careful study..... More
NY: Neale Publishing, 1908. First. Hard Bound. A very unusual narrative as the author was a prisoner ( 6th Mich Cavalry) and he speaks on Commandant Wirz’s behalf. Dorn Mich-30, Krick 366: “Important prison narrative…” Nevins: I-199: “…vehement, detailed and sometimes convincing.” Page was first a prisoner at Belle Isle..... 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
NY: American News, 1866. First. Hard Bound. General Lyon was given much credit for saving Missouri (a slave state) for the Union. He led hs forces into Soputhwest Missouri to fight The Confederates under Price. He was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek and became a Midwestern martyr... More
Milwaukee: Jermain & Brightman, 1863. First. Wrappers. Covers Second Manassas and the shellacking Pope and his army took at this encounter. This narrative started a long and bitter fight among Union generals who had a part in the fight. This lasted for years as evidenced by the Fitz-John Porter case..... More
NY: Putnam, 1896. First. Hard Cover. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. A lengthy narrative of 900 pages counting the detailed index. All you would ever want to know about this famed Union Army Corps and, at the same time, the history of the Army of the Potomac. Nevins I-148..... More
NY: Andrew N. Kellogg, 1901. First. Hard Bound. Smallish book by a veteran of the 7th Wisconsin Infantry, a unit that was part of the famed Iron Brigade. Prutsman was captured at Second Manassas and sent to Libby Prison. He traveled about the Southern prison system for the next year..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1905. First. Hard Cover. Reed has a love affair with Forrest and not so Davis and West Pointers in general. Conclusions unsubstantiated. Reed recaps the Southern position of States rights, slavery, etc. Detailed discussion of the KKK and how it saved the South from anarchy. (For..... More
Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincot, 1906. First. HB. SIGNED by Sgt. John Randolph Simpson of the unit. He enlisted 8/11/1862 as a sergeant in Co. C. He was wounded in the chest at Antietam forcing a discharge 9/17/1862. The unit lost 150 men at Antietam including five color bearers. Simpson was one..... More
Jacksonville: Sun Publishing, 1904. First. Hard Bound. ONE OF THOSE RARE CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE UNIT HISTORIES. THIS MAINLY ABOUT THE FIFTH TENNESSEE INFANTRY. Nevins I-151 “Contains some company sketches and partial muster rolls, plus a rather full history of the author’s unit, the 5th Tennessee.” Although a history..... More
Philadelphia: Collins, 1883. First. Hardcover. Very interesting narrative of what took place in Pennsylvania when Lee threatened the State in his 1862 campaign. There was a call for short term militia to counter the possible Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, a lost tale of the War. Their story.Very detailed, has 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
NY: Neale Publishing, 1909. First. Hard Bound. NOTE: THIS BOOK WAS PRINTED WITHOUT A FRONTISE. The author was a private in one of the most famous Confederate cavalry units, the Ninth Virginia Cavalry, initially led by W.H.F. Lee. His discussion of the battle at Gettysburg is humorous as he..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1917. One of the better auto/biographies of the Gray Ghost. He is given partial credit for Stuart's successful ride-around McClellan escapade and the overwhelming Confederate victory at Second Manassas.He quickly came to Stuart's aid when blame for the defeat at Gettysburg was heavily attributed to..... More
New Bedford, MA: Reynolds Printing, 1928. First. Hard Cover. Ryder served in the 33rd Mass Inf, Co. I. He was a 20 year old farmer when he enlisted in July, 1862. He was listed as wounded at Kennesaw Mountain in June 1864. The 33rd first served with the Army of..... More
Carthage: Carthage Press, 1923. First. Scarce as are older Missouri books dealing with the Civil War. This county was overwhelming pro-Confederate. As with nearly all of Missouri guerilla activity took front stage which led to ugly encounters by both sides. That is why the War there did not end in..... More
Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1924. First. Hard Bound. Love him or hate him, General Bragg had both admirers (President Davis) and detractors (about everyone else). An excellent biography of this controversial general. Nevins II-80 states in part that it is ..." A detailed account with quotes..." Dornbusch II-2625 has..... More
NY: David McKay Co., 1974. First. Hard Cover. THIS A FIRST PRINTING WITH THE POINTS: FIVE LINES AT TOP AND FIVE AT BOTTOM OF COPYRIGHT PAGE, NO ADDITIONAL PRINTINGS LISTED, NOTHING ON THE BACK JACKET EXCEPT A PICTURE OF THE AUTHOR. WINNER OF THE 1975 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION..... More
NY: Dial Press, 1930. First. Hard Bound within a slipcase. The author was a British Army officer who wrote other excellent narratives concerning the American Civil War. Sheppard says, "He must, of course, be considered first and foremost as a soldier...but he was also a splendid and admirable man." This..... More
NY: Robert Grier, 1908. First. Wraps. This an address given before the Army of the Tennessee in St. Louis, November 11, 1908. This Sherman is the great one’s son. He relates things his father told him, not a rehash of the records. Has "Dad said.." stuff. More
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