[LEXINGTON] [CIVIL WAR] MEMORIES OF A LONG LIFE IN VIRGINIA

Staunton, Va: The McClure Company, Inc, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's burgundy binding; [4], 5-183 pages, with frontispiece and several additional photographic illustrations; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper, dated in the year of publication.~ ~With anecdotal accounts of the Secession in Richmond A(which was opposed by the author's father), and of life in Lexington, the Battle of New Market ("a cousin of mine, young McDowell, had dined with us just before I left home. After I reached home the cadets and officers came back. One of the officers, who had been wounded, stayed at our house. He had had part of his skull shot off. This had affected his brain, and he could not remember anything, could not read or write, and spoke very brokenly, like a Frenchman" (p. 62). There is an interesting account of Jeff Davis's inauguration, and more.~~We enjoy reminiscences that begin as this one does: "I am now in my eightieth year, health delicate, and nearly blind ..."~~An interesting account; uncommon in commerce. (Haynes 12528). Very Good binding.