HISTORY OF THE NINTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY, IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. BY THE LATE BRIG. GENERAL R. L. T. BEALE.
Richmond VA: B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1899. Original publisher's red cloth [minor wear], with title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Portrait frontis of the author, with facsimile signature, and original tissue guard. 192pp. A clean text. Very Good.
An Introductory Note by "G. W. B." explains that General Beale wrote this book in 1865. "It was found among the papers at his death, on April 17, 1893, written upon the consecutive pages of a thin blank-book," which commemorates "the record of Southern devotion and valor, as displayed by the daring horsemen who wielded the sabre and followed the plumes of Stuart, Hampton, and the Lees."
"An excellent personal and descriptive narrative of cavalry operations in the East; the discerning nature of the book makes it a valuable research tool for all aspects of the war" [Nevins].
FIRST EDITION. Howes B274aa. I Nevins 56. II Dornbusch 1236. Item #42120
Price: $750.00