[CIVIL WAR] HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, C. S. A.

Batlimore: Kelly, Piet & Company, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo, in fly-specked plum cloth with gift decoration, and with sunned spine; [6], [7]-312 pages including the Contents leaves; there are no prior ownership marks; the top edge of the textblock has a light tideline throughout..~~The Nevins bibliography applauds this account as "[a] human chronicle, with may insights of a little-known but valorous unit in Lee's army." Coulter notes that "[w]henever possible the author visited with admiring civilians, and his description of the Unionism of Maryland women, the hunger of the soldiers, and other matters suggests a traveler's viewpoint." Coulter, 482.~~Not a beautiful copy, but one which is solid and serviceable.~ (Howes W-592; Nicholson, 938; Dornbusch II, 1398; Nevins I, 180; Coulter, 482). Very Good binding.