Search Results: Authors starting with B from Old South Books

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.

NY: Van Nostrand, 1864. First. HB. Bugs ate into the gutter in front, but holding well. Rest of the book tight and square, VG.. Wartime report by Colonel Barnard, Chief engineer for the Army of the Potomac,about the titled operation. Based upon a McClellan report and other documents. Has a large map with two closed tears. Also an errata sheet tipped in. Text is VG+.

NY: Van Norstrand, 1863. Third. HB. Cover rubbed and wrinkled. Edges rubbed, inside G+/VG./No Jacket. [ATTRIBUTION-MANUAL-NAVY] . This an 1863 edition, stated third edition revised and enlarged. Nevins I-218 states the 1862 version has 88 pages, this one has 93 followed by many pages of book ads. Wonderful attribution. This copy belonged to Andre H. Rounds of Staunton, Mass. He had it aboard the USS Savannah at the New York Navy Yard on March 12, 1863. This information is recorded in pencil on the ffep. [My "Handbook of the U.S. Navy" states on page 241 that the Savannah was a sloop of war, seven guns ; 1726 tons and built at Brooklyn in 1842. She was converted into a training ship, assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was there 1862-4].

Meadville, PA: Edward T. Bates, 1883. Second. Hard Cover. G+. Hinges repaired. Binding in royal blue with gold lettering, all this VG. Has a single private library stamp on the ffep./None.. Author was a prolific writer who evidently served with the 100th PA. A Union bias to the narrative - the frontise is Joe Hooker. Detailed account nonetheless. Nevins I-23: "...not uninformed account of Hooker's May, 1863, meeting with Lee." Not in Dornbusch.

Norwich, NY: J.F. Hubbard, 1866. First. Hard Cover. Darkened boards, but readable lettering. Overall Good +. Foxing throughout../None. After assisting General Banks in the Carolinas, the regiment headed to the Trans Mississippi, namely Louisiana. Active during the Port Hudson Campaign and the Red River Expedition of 1864. Fought at Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Hill. Transferred to the East where they participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign and the Battle of Cedar Creek. One of Fox's Fighting 300. Dornbusch I-NY-470. Nevins I-57: " ...a thorough study..." Has a unit roster.

Minco, OK: For the Author, 1911. Like a First. Wraps. Pages uniformly yellowed, red-orange wraps chipped but overall VG. One inch closed tear to front wrap, spine with pieces/chips missing./No Jacket.. [UNIT HISTORY-UNION] Not in any bibliographies except Dornbusch I-IA-1. Very scarce. Sam Black was a member of the First Iowa Battery that saw action up and down the Mississippi until 1864 when it joined Sherman's forces during the Atlanta Campaign. Also included are reminiscences of several other veterans. A good regimental filled with first person accounts.

Austin: Univ of Texas, 1919. First. Wraps. Spine frayed and chewed, but holding well. Wraps VG./No Jacket. [UNIT HISTORY-CONFEDERATE] The noted 8th Texas Cavalry. Dornbusch II-1055. Coulter 35. Nevins I-60. The 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, was a regiment of Texas volunteers assembled by Colonel Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861. Though lesser known than the Texas Brigade (Hood's Brigade, ANV), the 8th Texas Cavalry distinguished itself at several battles during the American Civil War. In four years of service, Terry's Texas Rangers fought in about 275 engagements in seven states. The regiment earned a reputation that ranked it among the most effective mounted regiments in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.[Wikipedia].

Scotland Neck, NC: W.L.L. Hall, 1888. First. Wraps. Minor chipping to leading edge of front wrap and first few pages. Overall VG./No Jacket.. [UNIT HISTORY-CONFEDERATE] Dornbusch III-2026. Not in Nevins. Unusual, has a sticker on front wrap with Bond listed as Superintendent of Public Instruction in Scotland Neck, NC. There was a bitter debate between North Carolina and Virginia about the naming of the famous assault (Called Pickett's Charge to most) on day three at Gettysburg. North Carolina claimed there were more of their troops in the charge than Virginia, suffered more casualties and nastily claimed the Virginians did not carry their weight. Therefore, the charge should be titled Pettigrew's Charge, not Pickett's. A scarce work on the debate, and not too friendly!

Pittsfield, MA: For the Author, 1864. First. HB. Book VG, foxing, neat front board stamping./No Jacket. Dornbusch I-375. Coulter 256: Louisiana service. Nevins I-113: "exceptional descriptive powers.".

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.

NY: Harper, 1896. First. HB. Front hinge starting. Overall excellent small book./No Jacket.. [MEMOIR-UNION] Also includes "The greatest cavalry movement of the War: General Wilson's operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia" Not in Nevins or Howes. Limited Edition. This book number 42 of 450 copies.

NY: Putnam, 1915. First. HB. Book was passed between three or four libraries, but none really hurt it. Square and tight. hinge repaired. Still better than average./No Jacket.. [UNIT HISTORY-UNION] Nevins I-63. Dornbusch I-NY-548. The 146th was a Fox's Fighting 300. Very minimal Xlib. Members of this regiment earned 1/2 of all the Medals of Honor awarded to 5th Army Corps personnel. A rare distinction!!

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1966. First. Hard Bound. VG+/VG+. Not in Nevins.Brooks covers the growth of the medical field from a few incompetent surgeons pre-war to the vast operation when the war concluded. He deals with both diseases and surgical care.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1954. First. Hard Bound. Near Fine. As good as it gets./Near fine,. THE history of the famous Union cavalry raid through the heart of the Western Confederacy. The raid began April 17, 1863 at La Grange, TN and ended May 2, 1863 in Union held Baton Rouge, LA. There were 1,700 troopers in Grierson's unit comprised of the Second Iowa and the Sixth and Seventh Illinois Regiments along with a battery of two guns from the First Illinois Artillery. It must have been a very exciting hide-and-seek affair against many Confederate units out to capture them. This an excellent account.

Roanoke, VA: n.p., 1917. Second. Wraps. Darkened wraps around edges, tight and square. See picture./No Jacket. Brown served in Company C, 12th VA Inf of Mahone's Brigade. Scarce book. Dornbusch II-1376. Coulter 55. Howes B-864. Wright B-1408. Nevins I-64.

Philadelphia: William & Alfred Martien, 1863. First. HB. Recased by the best restorer there is. All black leather, super copy of a VERY RARE MANUAL!!/No Jacket.. [MANUAL] AN EXTREMELY RARE WAR DATED MANUAL. Author was a hospital chaplain, United States Army. No references to this manual anywhere. This copy is the only one this dealer has seen in 25 years. The author was a hospital chaplain, United States Army. It is in several parts and covers the chaplain's duties.

Jackson, TN: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1959. Later. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. This is the preferred reprint of the great and collectible Cleburne biography. The author, Buck, was on Cleburne's staff for two years. He stated he often messed with the great general and often shared his blanket. He wrote only what he saw or what was substantiated to him personally. Easy to argue the best biography of Cleburne, the best division commander in anybody's army. Krick. Howes-915. Nevins I-65. Dornbusch III-1186. "The added introduction, index, appendices and footnotes make this a better edition than the first." Krick. Howes-915. Nevins I-65. Dornbusch III-1186. "The added introduction, index, appendices and footnotes make this a better edition than the first.".

NY: Harper, 1863. War Dated. HB. G+. Some staining, book was evidently used in the field. It must have been gifted after the War by Richardson to the Canandaigua Library, where a bookplate was added./No Jacket.. [Attribution/Manual] Believe this book's content to be not too dissimilar to other books with like title. Butterfield was credited with introducing "Taps" into service use, which may be a myth as it could have been an earlier Irish pub melody. Butterfield earned the Medal of Honor at Gaines Mill in 1862. Not in Nevins. Attribution to Major Charles A. Richardson of the 126th New York Infantry. He enlisted on 9/10/1862 in Canandaigua, NY as a first lieutenant. He was captured at Harper's Ferry during the Antietam Campaign but immediately paroled. He was wounded at Gettysburg and again at Petersburg on 6/16/1864. The latter wound caused his discharge on 9/3/1864. His unit is one of Fox's Fighting 300.

{Cincinnati}: Cincinnati Lancet and Observer, 1863. First. Disbound wraps. VG. Disbound wraps./None. Various articles dealing with militay medicine.