CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY: A Library of Confederate States History, in Twelve Volumes, Written by Distinguished Men of the South and Edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia

Evans, Gen Clement A. Evans

Published by Confederate Publishing Company, Altanta, Georgia, 1899

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12 volumes, each 8vo. Various paginations. (Details below). Decorative red cloth with silver emblem on front covers, gilt titled spines. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Each volume is lightly rubbed and soiled, spines a bit faded, edges lightly rubbed. All volumes are clean and tight with interiors showing little to no use. Due to its thickness, Vol. III front & rear hinges cracked but holding, else VG. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Full set of the first edition printings of Confederate States military history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South, and edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia. The state histories, except Virginia, are the abridged volumes without the added appendix of distinguished civilians later published as variant editions. The Virginia volume has the added civilian biographic data. Published a generation after the Civil War to counter the Northern histories written with some prejudices and heated passions. The Southerners wanted to tell their story, and in 1899 these volumes were published by the Confederate Publishing Company. The first & last volumes comprise subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close. The other ten volumes each treat a separate State with details concerning its peculiar story, its own devotion, its heroes, and its battlefields; each state volume has a biographic appendix of its General Officers. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS: Volume I - Curry, J. L. M.; Legal Justification of The South in Secession. Garrett, W.R.; The South as a Factor in the Territorial Expansion of the United States. Evans, C. A.; The Civil History of the Confederate States; xix, 737 pgs, 2 maps, portrait plates. // Volume II - Maryland by Brigadier General Bradley Johnson and West Virginia by Colonel Robert White; iv, 184 & 138 pgs, 6 maps, portrait plates. // Volume III - Virginia by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss; v, 1295 pgs, text and folding maps, portrait plates. Includes supplemental biographical sketches of Virginia officers and civilians. // Volume IV - North Carolina by Daniel Harvey Hill Jr.; v, 354 pgs, 7 maps, portrait plates. // Volume V - South Carolina by Brigadier General Ellison Capers; v, 424 pgs, 3 maps, portrait plates. // Volume VI - Georgia by Joseph Derry, vii, 460 pgs, 6 maps, portrait plates. // Volume VII - Alabama by Lieutenant General Joseph Wheeler and Mississippi by Colonel Charles Hooker; v, 452 & 278 pgs, 6 maps, portrait plates. // Volume VIII - Tennessee by Lieutenant Colonel James Porter, v, 348 pgs, 6 maps, portrait plates. // Volume IX - Kentucky by Colonel J Stoddard Johnston and Missouri by Colonel John C. Moore; viii, 257 & 225 pgs, 2 maps, portrait plates. // Volume X - Louisiana by John Dimitry and Arkansas by Colonel John M. Harrell, vii, 419 pgs, 2 maps, portrait plates. // Volume XI - Texas by Colonel Oran Roberts and Florida by Colonel John Dickison; vii, 268 & 212 pgs, 2 maps and portrait plates. // Volume XII - Parker, W. H.; The Confederate States Navy. Jones, J. W.; The Morale of The Confederate Armies. Evans, C. A.; An Outline of Confederate Military History. Lee, S. D.; The South Since the War. Documental and Statistical Appendix; iv, 551 pgs, general and portrait indices, flags plate, portrait plates. REFERENCES: Eicher #690; Nevins II pg 12: "A still excellent reference work for the embattled Confederacy; each volume treats a separate state, and each was written by a different Southern notable" NOTE: Additional postage will be required.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CONFEDERATE MILITARY HISTORY: A Library of Confederate States History, in Twelve Volumes, Written by Distinguished Men of the South and Edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia
• Publisher: Confederate Publishing Company, Altanta, Georgia
• Publication Date: 1899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Unit Histories
  • Military