Search Results: Authors starting with M from Old South Books

Richmond, VA: West & Johnston, 1862. Wraps housed in a stiff cardboard binder with a clamshell pocket. Very good, square and tight./None.. CONFEDERATE IMPRINT. Howes 167: "Southern political philosophy explained and defended." Not in Nevins. Parrish & Willingham 5583, Crandall 2784. WRAPPERS. INSCRIBED AND PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHERS, MARCH 20, 1862, TO DR. JAMES BEALE [UNK]. The author recounts slavery from the very beginning in an attempt to justify it in the South. Economic necessity caused by the cotton boom also "made it necessary.

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. First. HB. Boards and gold lettering sound. Hinges starting but holding. Early female inscription and drawing on ffep./No jacket.. An historic account of a famous Massachusetts fighting regiment. A Fox 300 regiment. Written soon after the War when memories were fresh. Roster. Author served in the regiment.

Joliet, IL: For the Author, 1884. Second edition of 1884. Hard Cover. Hinges repaired. Front board spotted (see photos) But tight and square./None. Marshall, a Will County farmer in civilian life, served in the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry from 1861 to 1864. The unit's service was primarily in Missouri so scarce stuff there. They also went down the Mississippi River, spent some time with Army of the TN and completed their service on the Alabama Gulf Coast. A good Midwestern unit history which are not all that common. There is a faint pencil signature of Noah Preston. The only one by that name to survive the War was a member of the 96th USCT according to my database. He was born in Louisiana. Nevins I-128. Dornbusch I-IL-164.

Nashville: Publication Committee, 1904. First. Hard Cover. Spine lettering faded as with all copies. Cracked hinges, otherwise tight and square. Contains a number of small check marks in the margins that are easily erased./None. The 20th was formed in the Nashville area. They went on to serve in the Army of Tennesse and were engaged at Shiloh and Chickamauga. Following the Atlanta campaign, the regiment followed Hood to Tennessee and the army's destruction at Franklin and Nashville. The 20th spent most of its service in General Bate's command, Stewart's Corp. Unusual book organization with lengthy and detailed company histories and rosters at the beginning of the text.. This followed by the regimental history and closes with a number of personal biographies. Nevins I-126: A full and probably reliable account of a Western unit..." Dornbusch II-1024.

NY: Henry Schuman, 1952. First. HB. Private bookplate on front pastedown. Otherwise near perfect./Minor rubbing at top of spine, rest VG+.. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE LIMITED EDITION, IT LOOKS LIKE A CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE SIGNATURE SHEET TIPPED IN. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Nevins I-3: "...complete scholarly treatment." Union Bookshelf-3: "...admirably compressed much essential information about a neglected topic...

Perry, NY: Ladies' Cemetery Association, 1870. First. Hard Bound. Rear hinge repaired, rest VG-./None. A rather morbid publisher, but the book has numerous lists of those who died in prisons, on the battle field and those wounded who died at home. The book contains not only a roster for the 24th, but also lists those from Perry who served in other units. THIS HISTORY CONTAINS A BRIEF AND VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF AN ATTEMPT TO USE ROCKETS INSTEAD OF STANDARD ARTILLERY. TWO COMPANIES FORMED A BATTALION AND UNDERWENT TRAINING BY A BRITISH "ROCKET SCIENTIST." DIDN'T WORK OUT, HOWEVER, BUT NON-THE-LESS AN INTERESTING TALE. Dornbusch I-NY-61. Nevins I-130.

NY: Neale Publishing, 1920. First. Hard Cover. VG+/None.. One of the rarer Neale titles, not found in Krick. It probably is a "vanity printing," done for profit only. Endpaper states "Compliments of the Prohibition Federation, Pittsburgh, Pa. The author tries very hard to show that Lincoln was against liquor - period.

NY: Van Norstrand, 1864. First. Hard Bound. Tight and square. Insect damage to front gutter, very top of spine, and small spot on rear board./None. Author was General in U.S. Second Infantry. Smallish (6 1/4" X 4 1/4") red cloth bound book full of illustrations. Has a stamped name on the ffep, Paul W. Mahoney. Comprehensive Table of Contents/Index.

New York: Veteran Volunteer Publishing, 1891. First Edition. HB. Overall a good book. Spine lattering and imprint on front board bright. Square and tight./No Jacket. A keeper. The Sixth served in the Florida Panhandle at Pensacola and Santa Rosa Island. Accounts about that phase of the War are virtually nonexistent, I know I lived there 26 years. The book most likely was once owned by Sergeant William Knappmann who served in Company H of the regiment. His photo is found on page 11 and his named is mentioned on page 54. This is gleaned from a death notice for Martha Knappmann that is tipped in on the ffep. She was probably William's wife. A very brief unit history is tipped onto the back gluedown. A handsome book containing rare photos and impressions of the Florida area.

Nashville: Publishing House of M.E. Church, 1909. First. Hard Bound. Spine lettering faded as is the usual case Front lettering dulled but easily readible. Front hinge repair. Portraits are in outstanding condition./None.. The young Morton was a member of a Nashville militia unit that, when the War began, became part of the famed First Tennessee Infantry. Morton gained a captaincy (supposedly the youngest captain in Confederate service) and served under Nathan Bedford Forrest as his chief of artillery. The book contains a discussion of nearly all the battles Forrest fought. After the War, Morton earned his medical degree and also headed the Tennessee section of the Ku Klux Klan where he brought Forrest into the ranks of the organization. Nevins I-134. Dornbusch III-823. Coulter 334. Howes 849.

Washington City: National Publishing, 1909. Hard Bound. Book G. Spine lettering almost gone, a common malady with this book../None.. Great stuff on the border state war in Missouri. Confederate in tone, local in interest. The author should not be confused with the doctor in the Lincoln Conspiracy. Missouri histories of the War, particularly Confederate, are hard to acquire as few were written.Missouri is an area where the really vicious fighting occurred and had consequences for several generations. Graduates of this conflict included the James and Younger brothers, John Brown, Quantrell, etc. Nevins II-158.