Search Results: Titles starting with W from Old South Books

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.

Newberry, SC: Elbert H. Aull Co, 1902. First. Hard Bound. VG, a couple of spots on the front board. (See photo). Has two library stamps on the front paste down and ffep. No other markings. Lettering vg on front board, faded some on the spine./None.. Very scarce in the first. First copy I've seen. Very Southern sympathetic as the author was a resident of Columbia when all this took place and was later mayor of the city. His statement places the blame directly on Sherman's men, as there were no fires when the Confederates abandoned the city. The major blaze began in the northwest part of the city and spread rapidly due to a high wind. There was no doubt in the author's mind it was a conflagration caused by drunken soldiers and was not done under any official order.

Washington City: National Publishing, 1909. Hard Bound. Book G. Spine lettering almost gone, a common malady with this book../None.. Great stuff on the border state war in Missouri. Confederate in tone, local in interest. The author should not be confused with the doctor in the Lincoln Conspiracy. Missouri histories of the War, particularly Confederate, are hard to acquire as few were written.Missouri is an area where the really vicious fighting occurred and had consequences for several generations. Graduates of this conflict included the James and Younger brothers, John Brown, Quantrell, etc. Nevins II-158.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First. Hard Cover. Very minimal x lib from a church library. Two unobtrusive stamps on the glue downs and a small remnant of a "due" log on the back endpaper. Overall an exceptional copy. The white shield is nearly complete, the illustrations and portraits are excellent./None.. This is an autobiography of a man raised with privilege in the Huntsville, AL area. He served in the Fourth Alabama Cavalry (CSA) as a youth. Much information of the antebellum South and his service as a noted surgeon following the War. Dornbusch II-14. Nevins I-183: "...exceptionally interesting and reliable...". The author wrote a very collectable biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest which was published first in 1899.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1914. First. Hard Bound. Tight and square. It has a half stain ring on the front board. Otherwise VG+./Virtually all there. See Photo. It has short tape marks on the front.. BOOK HAS NEARLY COMPLETE DUST JACKET, ALTHOUGH SOME TAPE PRESENT. (SEE PHOTOS). Dr. Wyeth was a member of the Fourth Alabama Cavalry and served initially with Morgan. He then was present in the Western Theater. This a complete autobiography that also covers his very distinguished medical career following the War. It starts with interesting descriptions of life in antebellum Alabama. Dornbusch II-14. Nevins I-183: "...exceptionally interesting and reliable...".