Author: DINKINS, James
Title: By an Old Johnnie. Personal Recollections and Experiences in the Confederate Army
Description: Dayton, Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1975. Hardcover. Illustrations by L.T. Dickinson. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xv, 280pp, (2pp ads). Illustrations. Near fine. Small front flyleaf abrasion. First published in Cincinnati in 1897 and now quite scarce, this facsimile reprint ("Facsimile 24" in Morningside's reprint series) is itself a bit uncommon. James I. Robertson Jr. characterizes it as "Personal, oftentimes lightly written sketches by a North Carolina soldier; especially good for observations on the Peninsular Campaign." A tight, handsome copy. NEVINS I, 81. .

Keywords: Civil War


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