The Confederate Soldier; Being a Memorial Sketch of George N. and Bushrod W. Harris, Privates in the Confederate Army
New York: Blelock & Co., 1868. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Item #10671
12mo. vi, 139, [1] pp. First edition. As issued, in publisher's cloth. Binding has some wear to the spine ends and corners and is slightly sunned at the spine; a few places on the rear board where the cloth is rippled; contents generally toned with occasional and scattered soiling; one leaf with minor loss to the bottom corner affecting the margin only. While this copy has it's minor condition issues, it is rarely found in better condition. Generally, it is as nice a copy as is typically found of this scarce book. This copy with the contemporary ownership marking of Confederate veteran from Georgia, Elisha Thurmond and dated 1869.
Harwell writes, "Robertson, in Civil War Books, describes this as 'an overly sentimental tribute,' but there is a time for sentiment and such a time came to the Reverend Edwards when he was called upon to write about twin brothers, one who died at Centreville, Virginia, June 30, 1861, and the other who died on the battlefield of Fair Oaks, June 30, 1862" (In Tall Cotton 51). CWB 1, 85.
Price: $2,500.00