Spioneri Under Borgerkrigen : En Nat i Missouri -- En Spions Eventyr Den Forvovne Spion Den huls stovlehal En navnlos spion John Morgans Kvindelige Spion Spionens Havn by Greene, Charles S.; Alfson, Hermod - 1879

Mexico, Mo.: James Bradley. Very Good. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Being an account of the Battles, Marches and Hardships of the First & Second Brigades, Mo. , C. S. A. Together with the thrilling adventures and narrow escapes of Captain Grimes and his fair accomplice, who carried the mail by "the underground route" from the Brigade to Missouri. Light blue cloth has gilt titles on spine & front cover. Portrait frontispiece. B/W photograph illustrations. Floral endpaper has tanned edges. Front top corners lightly bumped. Second part: The Confederate Home its Origin and Objects by Elizabeth Ustick McKinney. Civil War, Mail Carrier; Engravings & B/W Photographs; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 275 pages .

Washington: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean brown embossed cloth. Interior of text is tight and intact with slightly age toned pages. Cover & gilt title lightly faded. The first few pages have a damp stain on lower corner. 3- fold out maps and 2- color lithographic plates of the ironclad. Military, Civil War ; Maps & Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 107 pages .

1890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis CSA President Civil War Lincoln Assassination

"I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came."
– Jefferson Davis

This 1890 first edition account of the life of Jefferson Davis was published quickly following the Confederate President's death in December of 1889. This book covers all the important military endeavors of Davis from the War in Mexico, Battle of Buena Vista, his appointment in the U.S. Senate, and his election as president of the Confederate States of America. This book also includes important sections on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the emancipation of southern slaves.
Item number: #10861
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DANIEL, John
Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis. By distinguished men of his time. Introductory by hon. John W. Daniel, ...Illustrated
Baltimore: R.H. Woodward, 1890. First edition.

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1863 1ed Beyond the Lines Geer Civil War Union Confederate Prison Slavery Racism

J. J. Geer's 'Beyond the Lines' is a rare Civil War narrative of Geer's time as a prisoner in the Southern Confederacy after being captured in Shiloh and being put in chains with slaves, and then his escape through marshes and bloodhounds before being recaptured. This civil war features significant content around racism and slavery with tiles including 'Inquisitive Negroes,' 'An Ingenious Darkey,' 'Southern Inhumanity,' 'Negro Sale Stables,' 'Murder of Lieutenant Bliss,' 'A Southern Unionist in the Rebel Army,' and more!

This 1863 first edition features 6 black and white illustrations throughout.
Item number: #12695
Price: $399
GEER, J. J.
Beyond the lines: or, A yankee prisoner loose in Dixie.
Philadelphia, J.W. Daughaday, 1863. First Edition.
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285, [5]
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6 illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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1876 1ed Abner Doubleday Civil War Gettysburg Reminiscences Fort Sumter Moultrie
Abner Doubleday was a 19th-century American Army officer known for his role in the Civil War, especially the Battle of Gettysburg. Following his military career, Doubleday wrote autobiographical sketches of his experiences in battle, including "Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie". As captain at Fort Sumter, Doubleday made pivotal decisions that helped direct Union forces of the Confederacy.
Per Nevins of this work,
"This charming story, by a then-captain of artillery inside the two forts, is a memoir of merit because of the aura of its immediacy and intimacy."
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DOUBLEDAY, Abner
Reminiscences of forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First edition.

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· References: Nevins I, p.27; Larned 2169
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1866 1ed Abraham Lincoln Memorial Life & Character George Bancroft Civil War
On February 12, 1866, the United States Congress selected historian George Bancroft to deliver a memorial eulogy for President Abraham Lincoln. This speech was published by the Government Printing Office under the title of 'Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln."
Item number: #11443
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BANCROFT, George
Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln: delivered, at the request of both houses of the Congress of America, before them, in the House of representatives at Washington, on the 12th of February, 1866
Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1866. First edition.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 69, [1]
· References: Sabin 3132
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X6 in (23cm x 15cm)
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1865 1st ed Civil War Secret Service Richardson Spy Southern Prison Escape CSA

'The Secret Service' is a fascinating, and heroic story of Albert D. Richardson that gripped the nation. The book documents the experiences of Richardson within the Confederate lines during 1861, later with the Union Armies, and then held in southern prisons, and his escape.
This 1865 first edition includes 3 pages of a musical score dedicated to the "Nameless Heroine" who helped him escape, and 12 full-page engravings!
Item number: #12466
Price: $499
RICHARDSON, Albert.
The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company: Philadelphia, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio: Jones Bros. & Co.; Chicago, Ill.: R. C. Treat, 1865.

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[7], 8-512
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Language: English
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1870 1ed CIVIL WAR Gettysburg New Hampshire in Great Rebellion Illustrated Waite
'New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion' is a rare account of the events and prominent figures from New Hampshire during the American Civil War. Written by Union major Otis F.R. Waite, this work contains biographical sketches of a numerous Union officers as well as notes on soldier life and battles including a section devoted solely to the Battle of Gettysburg.
Item number: #12892
Price: $499
WAITE, Otis Frederick Read
New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion.
Claremont, N.H.: Tracy Chase Co., 1870. First edition.

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o [6], vi, 608
o 14 plates
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Language: English
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Binding: leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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1864 1ed Color-Guard LOUISIANA Civil War Account Hosmer Slavery Camp Life CSA
James Kendall Hosmer was a Civil War-era American historian who is remembered for books on American politics and the development in the American south. One of his best works was 'The Color-Guard' which, according to Nevins, is
"an excellent and even-tempered memoir of Army life in Louisiana'.
In it, Hosmer describes Confederate and Union camp life, descriptions and observations of the carnage of war, the role of the negro in various troops, and various strategies used in combat.

Item number: #18448
Price: $499
HOSMER, James K
The color-guard: being a corporal's notes of military service in the Nineteenth army corps
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Co., 1864. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xii, 9-244
· References: Nevins I, 107; Sabin 33105
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Tan cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
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1865 CIVIL WAR Story of a Trooper Peninsula Campaign Army of Potomac McClellan
"The Story of a Trooper" is a rather rare and obscure Civil War history by F Colburn Adams. This book focuses on the Union army's Peninsula Campaign and the Army of the Potomac led by George McClellan. Adams' book is a first-hand perspective of Civil War battles and camp life. Adams was served under the New York volunteer cavalry which fought in the Peninsula Campaign (Woodell, p.55).

Item number: #18907
Price: $499
ADAMS, F Colburn
The story of a trooper.
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], 616
· References: Sabin 202; Harold Woodell, Justice Denied in the Old South
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)
· Quite scarce
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