1863 · Richmond
by Pollard, Edward A.
Richmond, 1863. [2],x,[17]-326pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. First and last leaves toned, final blank detached, minor edge wear. Very good. First edition of Pollard's history of the second year of the Civil War, told from the southern perspective. Pollard's views were both anti-northern and anti-Jefferson Davis. The work was reprinted once in Richmond and three times in New York before the end of the war. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 4996. HOWES P460, "aa." HARWELL, CONFEDERATE HUNDRED 67 (note). SABIN 63860. NEVINS II, p.175. (Inventory #: WRCAM53709)