FORTY YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE: being some History of the War between the Confederacy and the Union. (12th Virginia Cavalry CSA)

O'Ferrall, Charles T.

Published by The Neale Publishing Company, New York and Washington, 1904

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SUBTITLED: Being Some History of the War Between the Confederacy and the Union and of the Events Leading up to it, with Reminiscences of the Struggle and Accounts of the Author's Experiences of Four Years from Private to Lieutenant-Colonel and Acting Colonel in the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 367 pgs, frontis. Original green cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. Stated Third Thousand. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers with minor shelf soiling and rubbing to edges and corners. Gilt bright. Interior is clean and tight. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION:The first half deals largely with the author's four years of service as a cavalry private & officer with Lee's army, the second half with his political career in Virginia & national offices. REFERENCES: KRICK 360: "His unit was the 12th Virginia Cavalry, and that both the military and political portions of the book are significant. The title pages of each of the several copies examined by the author of this checklist contain the parenthetical notation "Third Thousand". It is possible, though by no means certain, that the publisher used this device to imply immediate success." DORN II 1270. NEVINS I pg 139: "Half of this very personal narrative recounts the author's service in the Shenandoah Valley as an officer in the 12th Virginia Cavalry; O'Ferrall later served as a congressman and as governor of Virginia.". Seller Inventory # 1223112

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Title: FORTY YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE: being some ...

Publisher: The Neale Publishing Company, New York and Washington

Publication Date: 1904

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition