Search Results: Titles starting with H from Old South Books

Washington City: Published For the Author, 1870. First Edition. Wraps bound into ¾ leather. Spine chipping in the leather, corners rubbed. Hinges good./No Jacket. Presentation to General Winfield S. Hancock. Also tipped in is an Hancock signature with Maj Gen after his name. Very rare narrative from directly after the War. Heavy on the navy and which is disrespectful in many ways to both the service and high ranking officers. It has a "chapter," he calls them "letters," on the Red River Campaign. Wraps bound into ¾ leather. Text VG+. THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY TO THE GREAT UNION CIVIL WAR GENERAL, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER TO THAT AFFECT. HANCOCK WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 1880S. also TIPPED IN IS THE SIGNATURE OF HANCOCK WITH MAJ GEN AFTER HIS NAME. A RARE COMBINATION!!

NY: Appleton, 1864. First. HB. Spine faded but readable. Excellent manual!/No Jacket. A War dated manual with information for both civilian and military marksmen. Book has an interesting appendix with prices on the favorite arms of the Civil War era. Chock full of good data.

Chicago: The ?berry Company, 1902. First. Hard Bound. Ex lib with library items removed from the pastedowns. Blind stamp on title page. Text and photos very good. Book square and tight./None.. EXTREMELY RARE UNION REGIMENTAL HISTORY. The unit manned six guns and fought in the Western Theater in all the major battles there. This dealer has seen it one other time in 25 years. That copy was missing pages and offered for $200. It is more than a history, looks like it was a reunion piece also. Notes in the book indicate that the official records were lost in the Chicago fire and more in a members house fire. Therefore, the history is brief, but comprehensive enough to know what and where things were done.

Washington City: Gibson Brothers, 1871. First. HB. Minor soiling. Spine lettering faded but readable. Doodling on front and rear endpapers in pencil that can be erased if desired./No Jacket.. Dornbusch II-489. Nevins I-67. Howes C-104. Both req'd plates (maps) present. SCARCE PIECE. Detailed unit history.

Albany, NY: Joel Munsell, 1867. First. Hard Cover. As good as it can get. Square and tight, clean boards, perfect gutters. Void of foxing, maps NF./None. THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF A VERY SCARCE FIRST EDITION IN TALL COTTON SELECTION!! Written by an officer who served in the unit throughout the War mainly in the Southeast. Chatham Artillery was a participant at Olustee. Jones was a very capable amateur historian who authored several valuable narratives following the War, namely about Georgia's participation. Nevins I-115: "..impressive narrative...," ITC-103, Coulter 265.

Holyoke, MA: Clark W. Bryan, 1884. First. Hard Bound. G+ Some hinge repair, but the boards are very nice./None. The regiment did not join the Army of the Potomac until just after Antietam where it became part of the Sixth Corps. Its real fighting began at The Wilderness and continued until the end of the War. It suffered enough to be designated a Fox's Fighting 300 regiment. The book is very detailed and is almost a history of the War in one volume. It has 431 pages of text with a roster and appendices.

Iowa City, IA: Iowa State Historical Society, 1923. First. Hard Cover. VG. Bound in the beautiful scarlet cloth used by this publisher./None. The Sixth fought in the West in Missouri, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Knoxville, Jackson and the March to the Sea with Sherman. Coulter 488. Dornbusch IA-117. Nevins I-183. The author drew from memory, the ORs and from a diary of a unit member.

Providence: Show and Farham, 1901. First. HB. Royal blue cloth with still nice gold lettering. Hinges nice, some wear around edges of the boards./No Jacket. This a three month outfit, best service at Fredericksburg. Book has roster and many photos of unit members. Book likely once owned by Private William Bouton of Company I, 6th Rhode Island Infantry.

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.

Akron, OH: Werner Co, 1909. First. Hard Cover. VG++. Beautiful scarlet and gold binding./None.. The battery served in the Army of the Potomac nearly the whole War. At Antietam it set up near the Dunkard Church and fired over 200 rounds into the neighboring woods (West Woods). This battery did yeoman service defending the Peach Orchard on the second day at Gettysburg. They were also involved in battering the flank of Pickett's men on day three. Unusual, the book has an index. Also has a roster. The book is mostly uncut!! What a beauty!!

Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing, 1867. First. Hard Cover. As good as I have seen, but never saw one in excellent condition. Book has had professional restoration making it tight and square. New endpapers. Spine lettering faded. In its original green cloth binding./None.. General Duke's most noted service in the war was as second-in-command for his brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan. Duke would later write a popular account of Morgan's most famous raid: 1863's Morgan's Raid and also an excellent autobiography. He took over Morgan's command after Morgan was shot by Union soldiers in 1864. At the end of the war, Duke was among Confederate President Jefferson Davis's bodyguards after his flight from Richmond. There is no better account of Morgan than this lengthy narrative. Nevins I-83. Dornbusch III-1229. Howes 548. THIS WAS HISTORIAN BELL WILEY'S COPY AS HIS SIGNATURE IS ON A FRONT FLYLEAF.

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.

Trenton: State of New Jersey, 1910. First. Hardcover. VG. Very minimal ex lib. Must search to find such evidence./None.. There are chapters on three of the NJ regiments and the First NJ Artillery. Details on the doings of several other NJ regiments. Heavy with official reports and detailed appendices. Great portrait with no foxing. There are 500 pages of good info.

Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans &Cogswell Co, 1899. First. Hard Bound. G to G+. It has been used. Rear endpapers removed, but final page of text states "The End." Confederate gray cloth soiled with faded lettering but readable./None.. A REALLY RARE SOUTH CAROLINA UNIT HISTORY!! My research found there is virtually nothing written about these two historic units. THIS BOOK MAY BE IT!! The units served in fighting commands, namely Jones' and Jenkin's Brigades, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps. They fought in both the Eastern and Western Theaters. A history was prepared in about 1885 by members of the unit and reviewed for accuracy at several reunions before being published in this little book. This is a scarce one. Price guidance for a copy is $1500. Howes 554. Dornbusch II-912. Not in Nevins.

Jacksonville: Sun Publishing, 1904. First. Hard Bound. Covers faded, spine lettering readable. Book has been near water as there margin stains through the first third of the book. The title page is and next few pages wrinkly, but with no damage to the printing. Frontise has a like stain. But no swelling of the book, still a very collectible and usable volume. Condition reflected in the price./None. 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 of the 5th, there are lists of recruits from Henry County that joined other Tennessee units. An Army of Tennessee unit.

NY: Putnam, 1892. First. HB. Book has darkened spine, but gold lettering is bright on the cover./No Jacket. Nevins I-112: "Straightfoward, factual history...few observations give life to the account." Dornbusch III-1347. One of few Union Corps histories.

NY: Ogden, Thulstrup, Davidson, etal, 1912. A later gathering of the photos. Wraps in a folder. The 16 parts VG+, binder G/G+./None. An overlooked compilation of Civil War photos. Many, many Brady photographs along with other noted period photographers. Excellent narrative to support the photos.This series came out about prior to the Miller set which became the popular set to own. Lossing's work is dated to 1895 while Miller's has a 1911/12 publication date. Nonetheless this 1912 Lossing work stands by itself. It is in 16 parts, each a wrapper offering, all encased in a tie-type binder. The parts are near fine, the binder did its job in protecting the parts and is just G/G+. If interested in Civil War photography, this is a must have set. What makes this set extra special are the colored plates in each of the 16 issues. (See one in pictures). There are 15 that are near fine and one VG. These alone are worth the price of the set. There is a slight increase in postage to handle the set.

Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1906. First. Hard Cover. VG+. An excellent copy./None.. 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 104 officers and men. At Antietam it fought in the West Woods and sustained heavy casualties. At Gettysburg it it was heavily engaged near the "Clump of Trees" capturing four Confederate flags and losing nearly 50 per cent of its numbers. Dornbusch I-218. Nevins I-129 "...unusually detailed...personal incidents abound...".

NY: Neale Publishing, 1929. First. Hard Bound. VG overall. Book is square and tight with a darkened spine/lettering./None. The title is very descriptive of the narrative. This being the fateful campaign of 1864-5 into Tennessee that virtually destroyed the proud Confederate Army of Tennessee at Franklin and Nashville. Howes 336. Nevins I-32: "...thoroughly researched..." Winner of the Robert M. Johnston Military History Prize by the American Historical Society for 1920. Map VG+. Has a piece clipped piece of ephemera with it, a promotion by Neale about the book.