"A Gentleman and an Officer": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
by McArthur, Judith N., and Burton, Orville Vernon
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- first
- Condition
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Printing. fair, very good. 362, maps, footnotes, appendices, index, title page & half title loosened, stamp inside rear flyleaf, slight soiling to DJ. Front free endpaper has been torn out. South Carolina planter James Griffin joined the Conferate Army as a major of cavalry in 1861. This bookcontains 80 of his letters written to his wife from the Virginia front and during later postings on the South Carolina coast.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16245
- Title
- "A Gentleman and an Officer": A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
- Author
- McArthur, Judith N., and Burton, Orville Vernon
- Book Condition
- Used - fair, very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Civil War, James Griffin, Letters, Confederacy, South Carolina, Cavalry, Wade Hampton, Battle of Manassas, Joseph E. Johnston
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