Battles and Leaders of the US Civil War, Boxed set of 4 volumes by Various - 1956

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. This is the scarce First American Edition. It was originally bound in the publisher's red wrappers. This copy is graded just Fair because only the spine of the wrapper is still here, i.e. both the front and back wrapper are missing. However internal condition is Very Good with all pages present and still securely sewn together (NOT glued like a modern paperback). SEE PHOTOS. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Autobiography of Admiral Hobart Pasha (Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886) a British Royal Navy officer, and winner of the Victoria Cross. Recounted here are his service to England, adventures as a blockade runner during the Confederate War, experiences tracking down slavers, fighting for the Ottoman Empire, etc. Among the chapter titles are: Perils by Sea and Land: Rio de Janeiro; Slaver Hunting; In the Baltic; Blockade-Running; A Visit to Charleston; Never Caught!; Richmond during the Siege, The Land Blockade, I… Read More

Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much needed and enormous undertaking. Contains 2,006 entries. BASIC TEXAS 223 -"Predominantly Texans, common soldier recollections, delightful insights into the life of the soldier." NEVINS II-248.

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Front gutter has a cloth tear, with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A few slightly age darkened pages. Front endpaper has a small mended tear. Following subjects: 1. Further provisions for the collection of duties on imports. 2. Alleged hostile organization against the government within the District of Columbia. 3. Naval Force of the United States. 4. Relative to the correspondence between the President and the Commissioners on the part of the State of South Carolina. 5. Seizure of forts, arsenals, revenue cutters and other property of the United States, Fort Sumter, Civil War; 8vo; 400 pages .

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition. 1864 ADDRESS OF ABOLITIONIST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS INVITED BY HARVARD LUMINARIES TO GRADUATING CLASS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, EXTOLLING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MDs TO WAR EFFORT--INSCRIBED TO POPULAR CRITIC E P WHIPPLE. 9 inches tall pamphlet, gray printed wrappers, inscribed top cover, "E. P. Whipple Esq with regards of J. A. Andrew." iv, 28 pp. Soiling to covers, string binding perished, contents complete, pages unmarked, good+. JOHN ALBION ANDREW (1818 – 1867) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politican. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to the Union cause during the American Civil War. He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first African-American units in the United States Army, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Andrew was a radical abolitionist of slavery from an early age, engaged in the legal defense of fugitive… Read More

[Civil War] [Texas] Gideon Welles. General Order, No. 55. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] May 24, 1865. White printed wraps. 21 cm. One sheet folded into four leaves, printing on first two only. Two small holes in margin, not affecting the text, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this order. Signed in type: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Andrew Johnson, President and W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State. Announcement of the order by President Johnson to end the naval blockade against foreign commerce, except in the ports of Galveston, Lasalle, Brazos de Santiago (Port Isabel) and Brownsville, Texas. "All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates." Although Lee had surrendered in April 1865, the Confederate armies in Texas had not surrendered, hence the U. S. naval blockade on Texas ports needed to be maintained.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. This is the scarce First American Edition. It was originally bound in the publisher's red wrappers. This copy is graded just Fair because only the spine of the wrapper is still here, i.e. both the front and back wrapper are missing. However internal condition is Very Good with all pages present and still securely sewn together (NOT glued like a modern paperback). SEE PHOTOS. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Autobiography of Admiral Hobart Pasha (Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886) a British Royal Navy officer, and winner of the Victoria Cross. Recounted here are his service to England, adventures as a blockade runner during the Confederate War, experiences tracking down slavers, fighting for the Ottoman Empire, etc. Among the chapter titles are: Perils by Sea and Land: Rio de Janeiro; Slaver Hunting; In the Baltic; Blockade-Running; A Visit to Charleston; Never Caught!; Richmond during the Siege, The Land Blockade, I… Read More

Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much needed and enormous undertaking. Contains 2,006 entries. BASIC TEXAS 223 -"Predominantly Texans, common soldier recollections, delightful insights into the life of the soldier." NEVINS II-248.

Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Front gutter has a cloth tear, with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A few slightly age darkened pages. Front endpaper has a small mended tear. Following subjects: 1. Further provisions for the collection of duties on imports. 2. Alleged hostile organization against the government within the District of Columbia. 3. Naval Force of the United States. 4. Relative to the correspondence between the President and the Commissioners on the part of the State of South Carolina. 5. Seizure of forts, arsenals, revenue cutters and other property of the United States, Fort Sumter, Civil War; 8vo; 400 pages .

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition. 1864 ADDRESS OF ABOLITIONIST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS INVITED BY HARVARD LUMINARIES TO GRADUATING CLASS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, EXTOLLING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MDs TO WAR EFFORT--INSCRIBED TO POPULAR CRITIC E P WHIPPLE. 9 inches tall pamphlet, gray printed wrappers, inscribed top cover, "E. P. Whipple Esq with regards of J. A. Andrew." iv, 28 pp. Soiling to covers, string binding perished, contents complete, pages unmarked, good+. JOHN ALBION ANDREW (1818 – 1867) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politican. He was elected in 1860 as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts, serving between 1861 and 1866, and led the state's contributions to the Union cause during the American Civil War. He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first African-American units in the United States Army, including the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Andrew was a radical abolitionist of slavery from an early age, engaged in the legal defense of fugitive… Read More

[Civil War] [Texas] Gideon Welles. General Order, No. 55. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] May 24, 1865. White printed wraps. 21 cm. One sheet folded into four leaves, printing on first two only. Two small holes in margin, not affecting the text, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this order. Signed in type: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Andrew Johnson, President and W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State. Announcement of the order by President Johnson to end the naval blockade against foreign commerce, except in the ports of Galveston, Lasalle, Brazos de Santiago (Port Isabel) and Brownsville, Texas. "All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates." Although Lee had surrendered in April 1865, the Confederate armies in Texas had not surrendered, hence the U. S. naval blockade on Texas ports needed to be maintained.