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‎American Civil War‎

‎4 Volumes of the Southern Historical Society Papers Vols. 4 7 8 9‎

‎Milllwood: New York: Kraus Reprint Co. 1977. Reprints of books that were published in the late 1800s. Four hardcover bound in full cloth-gilt. 24 cm. All four books are in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present. Light shelf wear to the extremities. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 468

‎American Civil War‎

‎FOUR ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPERS‎

‎Group of 4 original newspapers: 1 Delaware Weekly Republican published in Wilmington Delaware issue for May 16 1861. 2 Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia July 6 1861. 3 Daily Evening Bulletin Philadelphia July 13 1861. 4 Delaware Weekly Republican issue for February 23 1865. All 4to intact and Fair to Good. Reading these papers one can begin to feel what living through the War Between the States was like. Groups of 4 original newspapers. . unknown‎

Bookseller reference : a92199

‎American Civil War; Emmerton James A‎

‎RECORD OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT MASS. VOL. INFANTRY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865 WITH ALPHABETICAL ROSTER COMPANY ROLLS PORTRAITS MAPS; ETC.‎

‎Boston: William Ware and Co. 1886. First Edition. Illustrated with folding maps and approximately 150 collotype photographs of members of the regiment as well as photographs of New Berne North Carolina. 8vo publisher's preferred binding of three-quarter brown morocco over cloth boards the spine with raised bands separating the compartments ornamental device in blind to the compartments but for one which is lettered in gilt original calf back cloth all edges gilt. xx 352 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy tight and strong clean and crisp. Very minimal evidence of age a small number of leaves with a light border stain. FIRST EDITION IN THE PUBLISHER'S PREFERRED BINDING OF MOROCCO GILT LETTERED. The 23d Regiment Mass. Vol. Infantry was composed of six companies from Essex County and one each from Bristol Plymouth Middlesex and Worcester. Several were recruited by men who had seen service between April and July 1861. The companies assembled at Lynnfield Mass. in September 1861 and many of the men were mustered on September 28 though some were not mustered until December. After their arrival at Annapolis John 'Kurtz an old militia officer was commissioned colonel of the regiment. It originally formed a part of Foster's Brigade Burnside's Coast Division before seeing combat in many campaigns. It was mustered out of the service in June of 1865 and returned to Massachusetts where the men received their pay and their final discharge. William Ware and Co. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 27854

‎AMERICAN CIVIL WAR / CHINA‎

‎The Illustrated London News. 1861 - 01 - 12. January to December. BOUND IN TWO VOLUMES.‎

‎London.: Illustrated London News. Vol. XXXVIII and Vol. XXXIX. 1861. TWO BOUND VOLUMES. Full year January-December 1861 of The Illustrated London News. Black and white illustrations 622pp and 678pp Index to Vol. XXXVIII and Vol. XXXIX 16 1/4 x 11 inches leather spine and corners with cloth-covered boards hardbound. BOTH VOLUMES MISSING COLOR ENGRAVINGS and Volume I missing sheets 169/170 and 283/284. Cover extremities rubbed and lightly soiled splits to spine front joints cracking but attached leather starting to perish; foxing and creasing to endpapers occasional light soiling and small foxed areas. Despite these faults this is a handsome set in identical binding with interiors in very good tight condition. January to June: FEATURED ITEMS: Extensive coverage of the days before and after the outbreak of war in America Civil War and articles on the American South including: The Secession Movement Charleston 87; Sketches in Charleston South Carolina 94; Map of Charleston Harbor 129; Slave Auction in Richmond Virginia 139; Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor: the Secession Flag Flying 194; A Barber's Shop at Richmond Virginia 207; Portrait of President Jefferson Davis 231 248; full-figure portrait of General Winfield Scott 247; the Crowd at Baltimore Waiting for Mr. Lincoln 266; President Lincoln delivering his Inaugural Address 99; Slavery: Images in Baltimore and New Orleans 307; A Scene in the Hall of Representatives Washington 310; Loading Cotton on the Alabama River 423; Fort Sumter: Guns Bearing on Fort Moultrie 435; Views on the Potomac Below Washington 459; Baltimore and Ohio Railway: Tray Run Viaduct 466; The "Union" Mass Meeting in Union Square NY 471; Harper's Ferry Virginia 479; Birdseye View of the City of Washington Double Page 486-487; the War Excitement in New York 498; Forts Monroe and Smith 499; Reading the War News: Broadway NY 563; The 5th Regiment of New York Zouaves 567; View of Harper's Ferry Virginia 571; Civil War in Virginia 574-575; Moonlight Scene on the Ohio River 583; Camp Kitchen of the New York Regiment 599. Illustrated material of Chinese interest includes: The Treaty With China Including illustrations: Celestials Contemplating the Barbarians and An-Tin Mun The Gate of Pekin in Our Possession 12 13; Lord Elgin's Entrance into Pekin double-page 20-21; Tartar Outpost Near Pekin 32; Domestic Life in China and China New Year: 44-45; Peace with China-Reading the Treaty at Pekin 47; Chinese Paying Compensation at British Headquarters 82; Curiosity-Street Pekin 142; Sketches in China 159; Weighing the Compensation Money Extracted from the Chinese 327; Exhibition of French Spoils from China 334; Arrival at Tien-Tsin of Indemnity Money 359; Views of Summer Palace and Imperial Palace Pekin 390. July to December: A RUNNING FEATURE: The Queen’s Visit to Ireland; Progress of the International Exhibition's Construction. CHRISTMAS SUPPLEMENT DECEMBER 21: Heavily Illustrated pre-Christmas number. FEATURED ITEMS: Extensive coverage of the days leading up to and following the outbreak of war in America Civil War as well as articles on the American South including: Attack on the Pickets of the Garibaldi Guard Front Page 47; the Long Bridge Over the Potomac Guarded by US Artillery; Capture of US' Dragoon by Guerrilla Horsemen Front Page 71; Fugitive Slaves 83; Review of Federal Troops by President Lincoln 111; Sketches from Richmond Virginia the Confederate Capital 127; Fight at Hainsville on the Upper Potomac 143; Annotated Map of the District of Columbia 144; Confederate Prisoners Front Page 151; Carolinian Pickets Pursued by Federal Troups 155; Attack at Bull Run 167; Engagement Between a NY and Alabama Regiment 226; Map: Richmond Virginia 261; Texas Rangers Reconnoitering Front Page 263; Quartermaster's Department Killing Bullocks 271; Union Troops Attacking Confederate Prisoners in Washington 283; Confederates Trapping a Boat's Crew 303; Chain Bridge Across the Potomac above Georgetown 362; Bringing in the Federal Wounded 363; Fort Ocracoke and A Confederate Deserter 411; General Mclellan Occupying the Confederate Position at Munson's Hill 438; Punishment Drill in the Federal Camp 467; Cutting Off a Confederate Dispatch Galley on the Potomac 470; View of St. Joe Missouri 491; The Fight at Ball's Bluff Upper Potomac Front Page 511; Federalist Retreat from Ball's Bluff 514; Destruction of the Federal Merchantman Harvey Birch by the Confederate War-Sloop Nashville Front Page 535; Federal Picket on the Potomac etc. 567 570 571; The Seizure of Confederate Copmmissioners on Board the British Mail-Steamer 583; British Controversy over the Seizure Front Page 591; Mississippians Passing in Review Before General Beauregard 610; Torchlight Procession Honoring M’Clellan 611; The Storyteller in Yokohama 147; Sketches in Japan: Government Boat and Custom-House Yokohama 162-163; the Outrage on the British Embassy at Jeddo 367; Sketches from the Interior of Japan 418; Escort of Matchlockmen 422. Illustrated material of Chinese interest includes: The Treaty With China Including illustrations: Celestials Contemplating the Barbarians and An-Tin Mun The Gate of Peki in Our Possession 12 13; Lord Elgin’s Entrance into Pekin double-page 20-21; Tartar Outpost Near Pekin 32; Domestic Life in China and China New Year: 44-45; Peace with China-Reading the Treaty at Pekin 47; Chinese Paying Compensation at British Headquarters 82; Curiosity-Street Peki 142; Sketches in China 159; Weighing the Compensation Money Extracted from the Chinese 327; Exhibition of French Spoils from China 334; Arrival at Tien-Tsin of Indemnity Money 359; Views of Summer Palace and Imperial Palace Pekin 390. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDE: Prize Animals at the Royal Agricultural Society Show: Leeds Harrison Weir 78; Peterborough Cathedral 135; The Quays of Paris Double 158-159; View of St. Peter Port Guernsey 170; The Female Blondin Wire Walker Crossing The Thames 182; Wild Boar Hunt in Algeria 195; The Mottram Viaduct on the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway 214; General View of Sydney NSW 218 219; The Cinque Ports 255; New Russian Church in Paris 291; Santa Maria Del Fiore: Florence 306; The Falls of the Potomac 319; Suspense by Landseer 327; The International Exhibition of 1862 Double Page 330-331; The Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs at Holburn 375; The Screw-Steamer City of New York 474; The University of St. Petersburg 515; Opening of St. Patrick's Bridge Cork 595; Prize Poultry and Pigeons Harrison Weir 619; Prize Cattle Harrison Weir 622; Funeral of His Late Royal Highness the Prince Consort 671674675. . Illustrated London News. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 45469

‎American Civil War‎

‎War Fund Committee of the City of Brooklyn - broadside/circular letter regarding a Medal.‎

‎anticat16. Brooklyn NY July 1863. One sheet 8.5 x 10.75 inches printed on one side. Tattered at edges some loss to blank margins. A small embossed stamp in the lower corner is a figure of a ship. This is a letter to commanders of the Union forces describing a Medal which is being prepared which may be awarded to members of the military who are residents of Brooklyn of Kings County or who are serving in a regiment from Kings County. "The Medal is to be of silver about the size of the Crimean and Indian Medals furnished by the British Government. The device is an Eagle defending the Union represented by the American Shield against the Serpent Secession ." The text describes who is eligible to receive the medal and how many copies are to be awarded to the various services of the Army & Navy. The final note at the bottom is: "Please have the contents of this known to all Kings County men in your command." This may have been posted for viewing by members of the armed forces. <br/><br/> unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55000

‎AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.‎

‎RARE EARLY CIVIL WAR SEPARATELY ISSUED BROADSIDE <br> MAP OF VIRGINIA & MARYLAND <br> Seat of War in America 6d. London: Bacon & Co. 1861.‎

‎<p>Wood-engraved map with contemporary hand coloring engraved by Waters & Son New York with publisher's advertisement above map near contemporary marginal annotation to lower right margin which reads 'Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan sic July 1862 stretching towards the James River'; two closed tears in image carefully restored and barely visible a few other very minor repairs; a little fraying and some light discoloration at an old fold. 55.5 x 32.5 cms. Altogether a very nice example attractive.<br /></p><p>An attractive contemporary hand-colored very rare this edition not in the Library of Congress separately issued US Civil War map focusing on the area of Virginia and Maryland where the earliest battles were fought between the Union and Confederate armies and among the earliest broadside maps to specifically treat the battleground states in the growing conflict. Signaling its impartiality by prominently displaying both the Confederate and Federal flags the map represents the most recent news of the conflict in Virginia and Maryland from a British perspective as it was published in England and intended for a British audience. Britain was officially neutral in the American contest but had ardent sympathizers on both sides. Printed from a woodblock engraved by the New York firm Waters & Son the edition offered here is undated but must have appeared very early on around the time of the Battle of Bull Run the first important battle of the Civil War in July 1861. "Bull Run" the mapmaker states on the spot on the map where the actual battle was fought "is three miles from Manassas Junction between that point and Centreville." Water's engraving or its likeness would appear a number of times over the next several years with each edition or version bringing to the public's attention the most recent and sometimes climactic events of the war. Both American and British newspapers would report these events as they occurred and sometimes used an updated version of the Waters' woodblock as a full-page illustration. It is however particularly rare to find this map as a separately issued broadside printed on special paper such as the present contemporary hand colored example offered here. <br /></p><p>At the top of the sheet is text listing in separate columns the names of the Union and Confederate generals and a separate column for US exports in 1860. Notable is the enormous figure for US cotton which was exported primarily to England before the war nearly $192000 of $373000 of the total exports for the US economy – a statistic which must have reminded the British reader of the great cost the developing war would have on their textile industry. Much of the text is promotional. Bacon was perhaps the most important purveyor of American maps and atlases in England at the time and the representative for J.H. Colton one of the leading map publishers in the United States whose cartographic publications available from Bacon & Co. in England are prominently described and priced in the text.</p><p><b>A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MAP TO 1863</b></p><p>The earliest dated edition of Water's engraving which we were able to find appeared in the morning edition of the New York Herald on June 17 1861 Stevenson 451.3. Published a few weeks before the Battle of Bull Run specifically mentioned on our map but not in this newspaper version it notes in anticipation the number of troops amassing at Manassas Junction and on their way by train from the south. This edition was issued twice more on July 27 and September 11 the latter with no reference to the troops at Manassas. Another edition also entitled "Map of the Seat of War…." located at the BPL nearly identical to ours appeared in the London American Newspaper 1861. This version has an additional reference to the Battle of Bull Run below the map. All 3 of these maps found in <i>Stevenson's Civil War Maps</i> were published in newspapers. We find no reference to a separately issued broadside edition. Approximately a year later in an edition dated July 1862 Stevenson 452 the map once again appears this time updated to include Mc Clellan's position on the Peninsula which is shaded red as noted in several printed lines in the lower right corner. This latter is a handcolored broadside. The Library of Congress also has a similar example to ours though significantly modified published 2 years later in 1863 around the time of the invasion of Pennsylvania which replaces the historical and promotional text at the top of our sheet by extending the map north to include part of southern Pennsylvania and a list of Bacon's Shilling maps in the lower left hand corner Stevenson 476.5. This too is a colored broadside. In summary it appears that major battles or impending significant events such as Bull Run noted on ours and Mc Clellan's battle at Manassas may have been treated in a hand colored broadside publication. With the war continuing elsewhere the Waters' woodcut focusing on Virginia and Maryland became irrelevant to ongoing cartographic documentation of the war as battles moved from one locale to another in different parts of the country.</p><p>A handwritten contemporary annotation in the lower margin references a star added to the map by hand that updates it indicating the "Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan in July 1862 stretching towards the James River." Four minor punctures in the blank margins suggest that this copy was affixed to a wall at some point in its earlier history. A rare survival.</p><p>See Stephenson Richard. Civil War Maps An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress.</p> books‎

Bookseller reference : 6001

‎BELLARD Alfred‎

‎Gone for a Soldier. The Civil War Memoirs of Private Alfred Bellard. From the Alec Thomas Archives. Edited by David Herbert Donald. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, numerous coloured illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board and backstrup blocked and lettered in silver, a very good, brigght, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at extremities and with loss at head and tail of backstrip.‎

‎Cameron, Alan‎

‎Bank of Scotland 1695-1995. A Very Singular Institution‎

‎A celebration of the tercentenary of the Bank of Scotland by the Chief Archivist Alan Cameron - before we had all heard the phrase 'sub-prime'. Dust jacket has tear at top back. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries‎

‎CATTON Bruce‎

‎Centennial History of the [American] Civil War. The Coming Fury [with] Terrible Swift Sword [with] Never Call Retreat. [UK Edition]. THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY COMPLETE IN DUSTWRAPPERS‎

‎3 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with numerous maps coloured in outline and endpaper maps; cloth (blue/red/red respectively), gilt backs, a very good clean set in dustwrapper. Catton's universally acclaimed Centennial History comprises The Coming Fury (1966), Terrible Swift Sword (1963) and Never Call Retreat (1966). COMPLETE SETS OF THE UK EDITION ARE SCARCE.‎

‎CATTON Bruce‎

‎This Hallowed Ground. The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War.‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with 5 maps in the text and front and rear endpaper maps; original grey cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter age-browned and frayed with loss at extremities. A standard reference, published in the Mainstream of America series edited by Lewis Gannett. The title was borrowed by Ken Burns in his acclaimed TV documentary series of 1991.‎

‎CRACKNELL Commander W. H.‎

‎Warship Profile 36: United States Navy Monitors of the Civil War. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS‎

‎4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (one coloured and double-page) in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers moderately dust-soiled at extremities else a near fine copy. The first Warship Profile to depart from the series' 'traditional' timescale of post-Dreadnought vessels.‎

‎Edmonds, S. Emma E. (Sarah Emma Evelyne) - Provenienz Theres Rosenfeld‎

‎Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps and battle-fields.‎

‎Hartford, Conn., W. S. Williams, 1866. With Illustrations. Frontispiece engraved on steel by Geo. E. Perine. 12 disguises and other scenes, drawn and engraved on wood by R. O'Brien. 8°, ca. 21,5 x 14 cm, 384 p., blind- und goldgeprägter Lederband. Printed by Wiley, Waterman, & Eaton, Hartford. To the sick and wounded soldiers of the Army of the Potomac, this volume is respectfully inscribed by the author. Publishers' Notice: "The 'Nurse and Spy' is simply a record of events which have transpired in the experience and under the observation of one who has been on the field and participated in numerous battles - among which are the first and second Bull Run, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the seven days in front of Richmond, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, - serving in the capacity of 'Spy' and as 'Field Nurse' for over two years. The illustrations: Portrait of the author / Hospital tree at Fair Oaks / Catering for hospital / Disguised as a contraband / Making hoe-cake for a sick rebel / Acting orderly on the battle-field / Riding for Life / Relief for the famishing / Disguised as female contraband / An interesting patient / Playing Possum / Paying a debt of gratitude / Bursting of a shell in Vicksburg. Dedicated on the first leave: To Therese Rosenfeld with love from her aunt J. R., New York, January 22, 1867. Lederband mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und blindgeprägtem Deckel. [4 Warenabbildungen] Kleiner Einriss im Vorsatzfalz, Widmung auf fliegendem Blatt, Kanten etwas berieben, papierbedingt gebräunt, wenige Seiten im Randbereich etwas fleckig, sonst gut erhalten.‎

Bookseller reference : 18628

‎Francis Trevelyan Miller editor:‎

‎THE OPENING BATTLES The Photographic History of The Civil War - Part 1‎

‎Vg/G (unclipped dj lightly faded on spine and few chips to edges with one small tear tail of spine, clean grey cloth with black titles on spine, a very good square tight bright copy with small patch light browning front free endpaper and ink gift inscription, small crease to corner of one board) quarto unpaginated. Volume 1 in a series of 10 volumes. A substantial volume profusely illustrated in b/w with contemporary photographs.‎

‎FULLER J. F. C.‎

‎The Decisive Battles of the United States. [First UK Edition.] FIRST UK EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO‎

‎8vo., First Edition thus, with 29 maps and plans in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. A lovely copy of a scarce study by one of the foremost military strategists of the period.‎

‎GEARY John White‎

‎A Politician goes to War. The Civil War Letters of John White Geary. Edited by Wiliam Alan Blair. Selections and Introduction by Bell Irvin Wiley. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and illustrations in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎James R. Arnold‎

‎The Armies of U.S. Grant‎

‎No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to edges. 288pp. A study of the Commander of Union Forces in the American Civil War, Ulysses Simpson Grant and his tactics and strategy in the fight against the Confederates. Illustrated.‎

‎LAWRENCE (George-Alfred).‎

‎Frontière & prison.‎

‎Paris, Dentu, s.d.(vers 1865. in-12, vi-309 pp., broché. (dos cassé, rousseurs)‎

‎Traduit de l'anglais par Charles-Bernard Derosne, avec l'autorisation de l'auteur. Celui-ci rejoignit les troupes confédérés, et fut fait prisonnier durant 8 semaines par les troupes fédérés durant la guerre de Sécession. (B3)‎

Bookseller reference : 1483

‎Martin Graham, Richard A. Sauers, George Skoch‎

‎The Blue and the Gray : The Conflict Between the North & South‎

‎No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards and no bumping to corners. 312pp. The Civil War was the defining event in American history. For each side, a way of life was gone - destroyed along with the battle-ravaged countryside and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were never to return. Although the North and South were very different at the start of the war, neither could return to its past. Their experiences are compared in this superb edition, with hundreds of illustrations from the period.‎

‎Meredith, Roy‎

‎Mr. Lincoln?s Camera Man. Mathew B.Brady. Illustrated. ERSTAUSGABE.‎

‎New York, Charles Scribner, 1946. XIII, 368 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen dokumentarischen Abbildungen. 31 cm. Originalleinenband.‎

‎Einband leicht berieben, mit wenigen Fleckchen und an den Rändern leicht nachgedunkelt. Seiten papierbedingt etwas gebräunt. Sonst gutes Exemplar der ERSTAUSGABE. / First edition. Cover slightly rubbed, with few tiny stains and slightly tanned on edges. Some browning to pages. Else well preserved. - Mathew B.Brady was the photographic historian of the United States of his day. He was a fabulous figure of a fabulous time.‎

Bookseller reference : 210189

‎MITCHELL Margaret‎

‎Gone with the Wind. [Eleventh UK Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING‎

‎8vo., Eleventh Impression thus; green cloth, backstrip lettered in black, green top (lightly faded), small crease at extreme head of backstrip else a remarkably bright, crisp copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Mitchell's Civil War masterpiece was first published in the UK in September 1936 (three months after its US predecessor); this issue in January 1938. This book is, of course, the basis of the multi-Oscar-winning feature film (1940) starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.‎

‎MITCHELL Margaret‎

‎Gone with the Wind. [Twenty-First UK Impression]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., Twenty-First Impression thus; red cloth, gilt back, black top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip and on (predominantly white) rear panel. Mitchell's Civil War masterpiece was first published in the UK in September 1936 (three months after its US predecessor). This book is, of course, the basis of the multi-Oscar-winning feature film (1940) starring Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.‎

‎Rhea, Gordon‎

‎Carrying the Flag : The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero‎

‎Book appears in mint unread condition. 279pp. The fascinating story of an American serviceman in the Confederate Army, only allowed to enlist just as Grant's brutal spring 1964 campaign began.‎

‎ROBINSON III Charles M‎

‎Shark of the Confederacy. The Story of the CSS Alabama. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER‎

‎8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.‎

‎Smith Charles; American Civil War; The Trent Affair‎

‎Sounds from the Cave in Central Park‎

‎n.p.: n.p. n.d. Ephemera. Very Good. Broadside; 300x239mm; an 11 stanza poem plus the moral printed recto only in two columns within a decorative border; mounted to plain paper over cardboard. N.d. likely early 20th century. Flattened crease down the middle from folding; a few small closed tears along the edges; a few small specks of soiling. <br/><br/>A poem about an encounter with a British lion in New York's Central Park referencing the American Revolutionary War -- specifically the Trent Affair. Captain Charles Wilkes is mentioned by name as are Mason Slidell and others plus other well-known events such as Bunker Hill. Wilkes 1798-1877 was an American naval officer and explorer. He led the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 and commanded the ship in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War 1861�1865 where he attacked a Royal Mail Ship almost leading to war between the U.S. and the UK. The moral of the poem is "If you wish to live in PEACE always be prepared for War; for a small matter kindleth a great fire! Large enough to set the world ablaze!" Very scarce none found on OCLC nor in the holdings of the NY Historical Society. n.p. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WB14168

‎Smith, Anthony‎

‎Chancellorsville 1863‎

‎No inscriptions or marks. Tiniest of creases to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. The battle that was the masterpiece of the Confederate commander in the American Civil War, Robert E Lee, when he split his forces under Jubal Early and 'Stonewal' Jackson and beat the Army of the Potomac which was twice its size. Well illustrated and with full descriptions of Orders of Battle.‎