LIBERTY DETHRONED A Concise History of Some of the Most Startling Events Before, During, and Since The Civil War (Butlers Brigade // So. Carolina Regimental History)

Calhoun, Charles M.

Published by Greenwood S.C., 1903

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 385, (ii) pgs, local advertising, photo illustrations and portraits. Tan cloth, gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing and wear to edges; interior front hinge cracked but holding; former owner's pencilled name on endpaper, interior pages are age-toned, else clean and bright. Bookplate of former owner, Charles R. Sander, Jr, Halifax County, Virginia, on rear endpaper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION:The author served in the 6th , and later the 7th, South Carolina Cavalry regiment. The regiment saw action at Willstown and Pon Pon River in South Carolina, and then moved to Virginia with about 1,000 men and was assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. With General Matthew C. Butler's brigade, the regiment participated in the Wilderness and Cold Harbor operations and in various conflicts south of the James River. Later, it was engaged in the Carolinas Campaign assigned to Logan's Brigade. The depleted regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Bennett Place in North Carolina. Here the author brings together material on Butler's Brigade of South Carolina Cavalry. Preface: "This book, filled with thrilling and blood curdling events, is now before the reading public… ". Very scarce publication; seldom offered for sale. REFERENCE: Not in Dornbusch or Nevins.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIBERTY DETHRONED A Concise History of Some of the Most Startling Events Before, During, and Since The Civil War (Butlers Brigade // So. Carolina Regimental History)
• Publisher: Greenwood S.C.
• Publication Date: 1903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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