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Hancock's Diary: or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, with Sketches of First and Seventh Battalions: Also, Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Two volumes in One.
by Hancock, Richard Ramsey
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Nashville: Brandon Printing Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. xvi, 17-644 pages. Frontispiece steel engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Sketched portrait of Sergeant R. R. Hancock, Co. C. precedes page 17. Illustrated with 18 more portraits. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the spine. Crack to the front hinge. A vertical damp stain on the back side of the Forrest engraved portrait. Some light shelf wear to the front cover. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities.
In Tall Cotton; Howes H 151; Nevins I page 100 - "A voluminous record that includes much material from printed sources and the author's comrades; Hancock took part in the alleged "Fort Pillow Massacre.
In Tall Cotton; Howes H 151; Nevins I page 100 - "A voluminous record that includes much material from printed sources and the author's comrades; Hancock took part in the alleged "Fort Pillow Massacre.
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- Americana Books ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30792
- Title
- Hancock's Diary: or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, with Sketches of First and Seventh Battalions
- Author
- Hancock, Richard Ramsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brandon Printing Company
- Place of Publication
- Nashville
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Confederate Regimental
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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