A Virginia Yankee In the Civil War

From the back cover: "The Civil War diaries of David Hunter Strother, known better to his contemporaries as "Porte Crayon,' chronicle his three years of service in the Union army with the same cogency and eye for detail that made him one of the most popular writers and illustrators in America in his time. A Virginian strongly opposed to… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Cecil Eby has edited the diaries of David Hunter Strother, to produce this work about Strother's three years in the Union army. As a Virginian opposed to secession, Strother joined as a civilian topographer, and was soon commissioned, eventually rising to the rank of brigadier general.

University of North Carolina Pr. nice copy but a couple of chips to dust jacket . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961.

mint pb--filed with Strother

VG. Jacket in mylar.

STROTHER, David Hunter. A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of...Edited by Cecil D. Eby Jr. Chapel Hill, [1961]. 1st ed. Illus. 294pp. Very good in orig.cloth.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1961. Book. VG+. Hardcover. Large Octavo. Edited, with an Introduction, by Cecil D. Edy. Jr. Owner's blindstamp ffep, otherwise unmarked..