Civil War

Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1866. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 14pp. Very good. Bit of soiling to outer wrappers, else tight and nice. Collis, a colonel with the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry, published this collection of documents regarding the character of one Frederick Fernandez Cavada (1832-71) to protest Cavada's appointment as United States Consul at Trinidad de Cuba. Cavada was cashiered for "behav[ing] himself in a cowardly manner in the presence of the enemy, by absenting himself from the battle-field" at Fredericksburg, but was reinstated. Cavada displayed similar cowardice at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, but resigned before he could be tried. Whether the publication of Collis's pamphlet affected Cavada's Consul appointment we have not been able to determine. Most unusual. First edition. DORNBUSCH I, P 275A. SABIN 14457.

New York: J. M. Hager, 1865. Paperback. Very Good +. 32 p.: illustrations; 15 cm. Sewn; grey wrapper with portrait of J. M. Hager. Wrapper title and copyright statement. "Matthews & Warren, Stereotypers & Printers, Buffalo, N.Y." Inside front wrapper and both sides of back wrapper have advertisements for Steinway & Sons pianos and Carhart, Needham & Co.'s organs. Pages 1, 2, and 14-16 also contain Steinway & Sons advertisements; last page contains advertisement for the Florence reversible feed sewing machine. Contains the lyrics of the choruses and text of dialogues telling the story of the American Civil War. Written by Henry Morford (1823-1881), this dramatic depiction ends with the assasination of President Abraham Lincoln, the ascension of Andrew Johnson to the presidency, and a "Grand Tableau of Peace." A version of this first appeared in 1863, during the war. There are also several later, expanded editions of this work. This is the first… Read More

1863 1ed Civil War Official Confederate Battle Reports CSA Manassas Charleston

'Southern History of the War' is a collection of official battle reports collected and published by the confederate congress in 1863 during the Civil War. 'Southern History of the War' contains many battle reports including:
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First Battle of Manassas
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Battle of New Orleans,
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Battles at Fort Henry and Donelson,
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Battle of Shiloh, and Charleston, South Carolina in June, 1862.
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Reports from all Confederate War Theaters of Operation, including the Battle of Valverde, New Mexico.
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And more!
This 1863 first edition includes a steel engraved frontispiece of Confederate General P.T. Beauregard.

Item number: #8150
Price: $499
Confederate Congress
Southern history of the war. Official reports of battles
New York, C.B. Richardson, 1863. First Edition.

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o 578, [4]
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Language: English
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1856 1ed Conquest of Kansas by Missouri SLAVERY Border War Civil War America

While known more for his work as an American politician, William Phillips wrote an important account of the political and military conflicts between Kansas and Missouri. This work, 'The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri', details the events of the 'Border War' – a series of violent battles most of which were spurred on by disagreements over slavery.

Item number: #10461
Price: $499
PHILLIPS, William
The conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her allies. A history of the troubles in Kansas, from the passage of the organic act until the close of July, 1856.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First edition.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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X, 414, [8]
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References: Howes P 330; Sabin 62532;
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 13cm)
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Richmond: James E. Goode, 1862. Extra Session.  452 pages + appendices of 31 documents and an index of 44 pages.  There is a bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper for Lee Garnett Day, the grandson of William H. Day, member of the Virginia Senate from Isle of Wight County during the Civil War.  The earlier Day's name is listed in the roster of Senators following page 452 in this Journal.  Note: this is not the Journal for the Wheeling Extra Session (held in what was soon to become West Virginia) that is much more common.  A WorldCat searched turned up only 4 copies of the Richmond Journal; the only one in Virginia is held by The Virginia Historical Society, which also has one complete and one incomplete copy from the Confederate Memorial Literary Society.  I cannot locate any copies (other than mine) on the market at this time.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

1861 1ed Southern Rebellion Confederate CIVIL WAR Slaves CSA Victor Illustrated

A rare first edition of Orville Victor's "The Southern Rebellion." It includes some of the most famous aspects of the American Civil War including:
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Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Inauguration address
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Southern interest in breeding slaves
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Messengers to Fort Sumter, bombardment on Fort Sumter
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Admission of Kentucky and Missouri into the Confederacy
o "When Kentucky goes down, in will be in blood. Let that be understood. She will not go as other States have gone. Let the responsibility rest on you, where it belongs. We have more right to defend our Government than you have to overturn it." (Senator Rosseau, Speech given toward Southern rebels.
Victor, II:170)
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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Jefferson Davis's messages

Item number: #17511
Price: $599
VICTOR, Orville J
The history, civil, political and military, of the southern rebellion, from its incipient stages to its… Read More

[Civil War]. [Reconstruction]. [North Carolina]."The triumphant North demanded three things of the defeated South: acknowledgment of the emancipation of its slaves; contract freedom for all citizens, black and white; and national reunification. Emancipation, freedom, and reunification were still just words. Their meanings remained unfixed. The image of the new country would emerge only as the lines connecting these ideological dots were drawn. As former North Carolina governor David L. Swain recognized, 'With reference to emancipation, we are at the beginning of the War.'" [Richard White. "The Republic For Which It Stands."]OFFICE OF THE PROVOST MARSHALL, NORTH CAROLINA. [Confederate Amnesty Oath supporting the United States Constitution]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of the Provost Marshal, 1865. Unbound. Single leaf. Unused form slip, printed in black on white stock. Measuring approximately 8.3 by 6.3 inches. Light age toning. Remnant stationary at verso top edge, likely from old scrapbook… Read More

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
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· References: Sabin 202; Harold Woodell, Justice Denied in the Old South
· Language: English
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Cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)
· Quite scarce
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Dayton Morningside House, 1991. 3 vols. As New -- still in publisher's shrink wrap. Bound in grey and blue cloth. Gorgeous set of this classic. Photo is of the set we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

1864 CIVIL WAR 1st/1st General Ulysses Grant Campaigns Larke Military Americana

A rare first edition of Julian K. Larke's fascinating historical biography on General Ulysses S. Grant and his military campaigns during the American Civil War. Entitled simply, 'General Grant and His Campaigns,' this work exhaustively details Grant's military career along with the specifics of each of his military campaigns during the ongoing Civil War. Notably, while most historical accounts on this subject were written post-war or even well into Grant's eventual presidency, this title was written during the war.

Per Larke's introduction:
"…the subject of [this book] is but forty-one years of age; has participated in two great wars; has captured during the present struggle five hundred guns, one hundred thousand prisoners, and a quarter of a million of small arms; has redeemed from rebel rule over fifty thousand square miles of territory; has reopened to the commerce of the world the mightiest highway on the… Read More

The Volunteer Soldier of America. By John A Logan. with Memoir of the Author and Military Reminiscences from General Logan's Private Journal. Chicago and New York: R S Peale & Company, Publishers, 1887. Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent condition, especially for its age. Impressed cover with gilt. Clean interior. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again! **Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia consolidated shipping through Biblio.com. If you should choose expedited shipping instead, we will provide you with that additional cost by the most economical Federal Express International. Once actual shipping costs are… Read More

Bricks Without Straw, A Novel. By Albion W Tourgee, Author of "A Fool's Errand" etc. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1880. Believed to be first edition. 'A classic of American political fiction first published in 1880, a mere three years after Reconstruction officially ended, Bricks Without Straw offers an inside view of the struggle to create a just society in the post-slavery South. It is unique among the white-authored literary works of its time in presenting Reconstruction through the eyes of emancipated slaves. As a leading Radical Republican, the author, Albion W. Tourgée, played a key role in drafting a democratized Constitution for North Carolina after the Civil War, and he served as a state superior court judge during Reconstruction. Tourgée worked closely with African Americans and poor whites in the struggle to transform North Carolina's racial and class politics. He saw the ravages of the Ku Klux Klan firsthand, worked to bring the perpetrators of Klan atrocities to justice, and… Read More

London, printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Lawrence Blaiklock at the signe of the sugar-loafe within Temple Barre, 1643.. TITLE CONTINUED: Containing most necessary and curious rules for the exact mustering both of horse-troopes, and foot-bands, with several formes of battailes described in figures. A work fit to be studied and meete for the knowledge of Captaines, Muster-Masters and all young souldiers and generous spirits that love Honourable Practise of Armes. Combines three books: The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2. A collected edition each having a separate title page but continuous pagination. THIRD EDITION, corrected and amended, 1643. INTERESTING PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SEE BELOW. LACKS 2 FOLDING PLATES. Small 4to, approximately 195 x 150 mm, 7¾ x 5¾ inches, general title page within woodcut border, folding leaf with woodcut illustrations, 2 full page woodcut illustrations, many troop formations in the text, some full page, some illustrated initials,… Read More

New York: The Century Co, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. VG+ in Fair dw. 8vo, x+308pp, green cloth stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Dale Carnegie on the FFEP in the month of publication (February 1932) to Anna Gundaker, wife of prominent Rotary founder Guy Gundaker. Else an unmarked copy of the first edition of this beloved presidential biography by Carnegie, which helped developed his profoundly influential techniques of motivation. Retains most of the original jacket (which has some losses at head and tail of spine and other extremities); book is clean with a little sunning to formerly exposed portions of cloth.

Columbia, S.C.: The State Company, 1910. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 130 pages. Hardcover in a bluish-grey cloth binding. A clear mylar dust jacket has been placed over the book. The binding is worn and smudged from handling. Spine has pale spotting. Endpapers are soiled, have writing. Text is toned, has occasional foxing. The title page has a crease in the middle, and some other pages have wrinkles or waviness. Some underlining/notations in text. Laid in loosely are a small newspaper clipping and a small sheet of notations. Contains a frontis portrait and one other portrait illustration. Quite scarce.