RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND OFFICER - 1921 - CIVIL WAR
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND OFFICER - 1921 - CIVIL WAR:
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A SOLDIER’S RECOLLECTIONS
LEAVES FROM THE DIARY OF A YOUNG CONFEDERATE
WITH AN ORATION ON THE MOTIVES AND AIMS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH
BY RANDOLPH H. McKIM
Late 1st Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp, 3rd Brigade, Johnston’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia
SIGNED BY A MAJOR, AG
NEAR FINE CONDITION
PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, ACID-FREE, MYLAR DUST JACKET
Clean, Solidly Bound, Antique Book
Illustrated Throughout
Recollections from a Young Confederate Officer in Lee’s Army
PUBLISHED BY LONGMANS, GREEN AND COMPANY, IN 1921
DORNBUSCH II, MD(C)-545
This extraordinary book presents the first hand experiences and observations of a Confederate during his Civil War service with the Army of Northern Virginia. Randolph McKim served in the ranks as a private solider under General Joseph E. Johnston and General “Stonewall” Jackson, as a staff officer under General George H. Steuart in the Army of General Robert E. Lee, and as a chaplain in the field with the Second Virginia Cavalry under Colonel Thomas T. Munford, in the brigade of General Fitzhugh Lee.
His book presents excellent sketches of the life and experience of a Confederate soldier to help readers better understand the “spirit of the epoch – both of the soldiers who fought the battles, and of the people on whose behalf they dared and suffered what they did.”
From the Forward by the Author:
“In telling this plain and unvarnished story, I have been aided by the diary, or rather the diaries, which I kept during the war, and from which I have freely quoted, just as they were written…. The thoughts and the opinions expressed, and the often crude form in which they are cast, are just those of a young soldier, jotted down on the march or by the camp-fire, or in the quiescent intervals of battle, without any thought that they would ever be put into print. This I have done believing that I would thus best attain my object, - to show the mind and the life of the Confederate soldier as they were while the struggle was going on.
“I have also tried to give the point of view of the young men of the South in espousing the cause of the Confederacy, and to remove some misapprehensions still entertained in regard to the motives which animated the men who followed the banner of the Southern Cross…. In connection with the Gettysburg campaign, I have undertaken to discuss the much mooted question of the action of General J.E.B. Stuart, with the cavalry under his command. This I have felt constrained to do because of the view (erroneous, as I believe) presented by Col. John S. Mosby in his recent book on the subject.
I have also reproduced an article written many years ago by request, and published in the Southern Historical Society Magazine, telling the story of the part taken at Gettysburg by the Third Brigade of Johnson’s Division, Ewell’s Corps. And in the Appendix I have placed an Oration upon the Motives and Aims of the Soldiers of the South, delivered in 1904 before the United Confederate Veterans.
THIS BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION
This wonderful, Confederate memoir is in excellent condition. Bound in bright red, cloth covers with impressed lettering on the cover and spine, the book is clean and solidly bound throughout. The exterior has no bumping or rubbing and only a touch of edge wear. The book is protected in a clear, acid-free, Mylar dust jacket (see photo #3). The lettering on the cover has faded, but can still be read. The interior is clean and the pages are in excellent condition. The book is free of any writing, except for that vintage signature by a Major on one of the front end pages (see photo). The book has no foxing, smudging, pasteboards, stamps or other markings; it is not an ex-library book. The binding is solidly throughout; it has no looseness or lean and both hinges are fine, although the front hinge has a repaired paper crack. The book contains illustrations and photos throughout. An excellent, antique, memory by a young Confederate in Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNG CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND OFFICER - 1921 - CIVIL WAR:
$95.00