Search Results: Authors starting with P from Old South Books

Philadlphia: Jas. B. Rodgers, 1865. VG, small piece missing on bottom of spine. Tight and square./None. A really rare manual dealing with medications when there were horrible theories on how to treat diseases. Paine believed in treating the disease and leaving other parts of the body that seemed OK alone. Book signed by a Dr. H. Williams, May 1868. He has written and highlighted with pencil some passages. Not in any of my references. It is no wonder why ill soldiers skipped sick call because the "cure" could be worse than the malady.

Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1865. Stated third thousand. Wraps. Smokey colored wraps, leading edges of wraps chipped with both wraps present and holding tight./None. Housed in a cardboard clam shell binder.. Patterson has often been labeled as the goat and reason the Union lost the battle of First Manassas. His task was to hold the Confederate forces in the Valley in place to prevent them from reinforcing those at Manassas where the main Union attack was to take place. He didn't and through the first major railroad military transport of troops Johnston arrived in the nick of time. Defensive in nature as might be expected. Has an index and a map as a frontise.

NY: American News, 1866. First. Hard Bound. VG with some rubbing on the front board.Spine lettering bright. Big book plate on front gluedown./None. General Lyon was given much credit for saving Missouri (a slave state) for the Union. He led hs forces into Soputhwest Missouri to fight The Confederates under Price. He was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek and became a Midwestern martyr. Nevins I-40: "...opinionated, detailed..." Dornbusch III--3234.

NY: Putnam, 1896. First. Hard Cover. VG. Minimal ex-lib from the Fort McPherson Army Post library. Two annotations on the title page (see photo) is all that can be seen./None.. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. A lengthy narrative of 900 pages counting the detailed index. All you would ever want to know about this famed Union Army Corps and, at the same time, the history of the Army of the Potomac. Nevins I-148: "Most comprehensive Corps history of the War..." Dornbusch III-1327. The book requires many maps that are all present. Same for the many portraits of unit personnel. It is in excellent condition considering its size, no "big bookitis." Handsome in royal blue cloth with gold embossing.

Washington City: GPO, 1862. First. Wrappers. Missing rear wrapper, tear in front wrapper, text VG./None.. Rare pamphlet today, but likely very common during the War and immediately after. The thousands of individuals who were entitled to compensation probably had access to this manual. Also all the lawyers and pay agents who requested funds for others had their personal copy. A compilation of all federal laws relating to both army and navy pensions and bounties.

NY: Andrew N. Kellogg, 1901. First. Hard Bound. Good binding. Repair to rear hinge../None.. Smallish book by a veteran of the 7th Wisconsin Infantry, a unit that was part of the famed Iron Brigade. Prutsman was captured at Second Manassas and sent to Libby Prison. He traveled about the Southern prison system for the next year. No combat in his narrative, but full of tidbits about prison life and how to survive confinement. Scarce account. Nevins I-200. Coulter 381. Dornbusch I-WI-81.