first edition Hardcover
1882 · Richmond
by McCarthy, Carlton (Private Second Company Richmond Howitzers, Cutshaw's Battalion Artillery, Second Corps, A.N.V.)
Richmond: Carlton McCarthy and Company, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. vi, 224 pages. Illustrations by William Sheppard (Lieutenant, Second Company, Richmond Howitzers, A.N.V.) Light green cloth hardcover with title and decorated illustration on the front cover and spine. Slight lean to the binding. Light toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Front hinge lightly cracked. Previous owner inscription on the right front flyleaf - J H Andrews Vicksburg, Miss."
Tall Cotton 117; Nevins I page 124 - This Confederate narrative is deserving of its reputation as "the most interesting and the most informative of all memoirs written by privates"; McCarthy served with the Richmond Howitzers; Dornbusch II 1222. (Inventory #: 27917)
Tall Cotton 117; Nevins I page 124 - This Confederate narrative is deserving of its reputation as "the most interesting and the most informative of all memoirs written by privates"; McCarthy served with the Richmond Howitzers; Dornbusch II 1222. (Inventory #: 27917)