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OWL ROOST PLANTATION, BOVINA, MISSISSIPPI The Civil War Letters of Samuel and Caroline Townsend by Drake, Rebecca Blackwell editor - 2014

by Drake, Rebecca Blackwell editor

OWL ROOST PLANTATION, BOVINA, MISSISSIPPI The Civil War Letters of Samuel  and Caroline Townsend by Drake, Rebecca Blackwell editor - 2014

OWL ROOST PLANTATION, BOVINA, MISSISSIPPI The Civil War Letters of Samuel and Caroline Townsend

by Drake, Rebecca Blackwell editor

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Bovins, MS: St. Alban's Episcopal Church. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. , light soiling inside ; Also includes Book Dedication program and hymnal. Signed and inscribed by Rebecca Blackwell Drake ; B&W and color Illustrations; 45 pages; Signed by Editor .
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  • Publisher St. Alban's Episcopal Church
  • Place of Publication Bovins, MS
  • Date Published 2014
  • Keywords Civil War, History, US Civil War, Illustrated, Mississippi, Bovina, Mississippi, Owl Roost, Drake, Rebecca Blackwell, Signed
REMINISCENCES OF THE BOYS IN GRAY - 1861-1865
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REMINISCENCES OF THE BOYS IN GRAY - 1861-1865

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Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much needed and enormous undertaking. Contains 2,006 entries. BASIC TEXAS 223 -"Predominantly Texans, common soldier recollections, delightful insights into the life of the soldier." NEVINS II-248.
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WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia  Plantation of Sherman's...

WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea

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Macon, GA: J. W. Burke. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. , DJ has light soiling ; Introduction by Julian Street; 65 pages .
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REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FIVE
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REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FIVE

by Dawes, Howard, Cochrane, Branch and Reynolds (Us House Of Representatives)

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Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Front gutter has a cloth tear, with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A few slightly age darkened pages. Front endpaper has a small mended tear. Following subjects: 1. Further provisions for the collection of duties on imports. 2. Alleged hostile organization against the government within the District of Columbia. 3. Naval Force of the United States. 4. Relative to the correspondence between the President and the Commissioners on the part of the State of South Carolina. 5. Seizure of forts, arsenals, revenue cutters and other property of the United States, Fort Sumter, Civil War; 8vo; 400 pages .
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General Order No. 55 Maintaining the Naval Blockade in Texas

General Order No. 55 Maintaining the Naval Blockade in Texas: “All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates.”

by Gideon Welles

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[Civil War] [Texas] Gideon Welles. General Order, No. 55. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] May 24, 1865. White printed wraps. 21 cm. One sheet folded into four leaves, printing on first two only. Two small holes in margin, not affecting the text, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this order. Signed in type: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Andrew Johnson, President and W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State. Announcement of the order by President Johnson to end the naval blockade against foreign commerce, except in the ports of Galveston, Lasalle, Brazos de Santiago (Port Isabel) and Brownsville, Texas. "All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates." Although Lee had surrendered in April 1865, the Confederate armies in Texas had not surrendered, hence the U. S. naval blockade on Texas ports needed to be maintained.
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DECATUR, ALABAMA Yankee Foothold in Dixie, 1861-1865
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DECATUR, ALABAMA Yankee Foothold in Dixie, 1861-1865

by Dunnavant, Robert

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Athens, AL: Pea Ridge Press. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0964208415 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Signed by Robert Dunnavant; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author .
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REMINISCENCES OF THE BOYS IN GRAY - 1861-1865
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Austin: Ericson, 2003. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Reprint of the first edition published in 1912. Gray cloth with white titles on spine and upper board. Corner bumped. 902pp., photographic reproductions, and in addition to the alphabetical memoirs of each soldier there are also these documents: Chronological List of Engagements by States, Constitution of the Confederate States and Members of the Provisional and Regular Congress of the Confederate States. Clean, no names, no writing. 4to gray cloth. A much needed and enormous undertaking. Contains 2,006 entries. BASIC TEXAS 223 -"Predominantly Texans, common soldier recollections, delightful insights into the life of the soldier." NEVINS II-248.
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WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia  Plantation of Sherman's...

WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea

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Macon, GA: J. W. Burke. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. , DJ has light soiling ; Introduction by Julian Street; 65 pages .
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REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FIVE
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REPORTS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF FIVE

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Washington, D. C,: Government Printing Office. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean black embossed cloth with gilt title on spine. Front gutter has a cloth tear, with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A few slightly age darkened pages. Front endpaper has a small mended tear. Following subjects: 1. Further provisions for the collection of duties on imports. 2. Alleged hostile organization against the government within the District of Columbia. 3. Naval Force of the United States. 4. Relative to the correspondence between the President and the Commissioners on the part of the State of South Carolina. 5. Seizure of forts, arsenals, revenue cutters and other property of the United States, Fort Sumter, Civil War; 8vo; 400 pages .
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General Order No. 55 Maintaining the Naval Blockade in Texas

General Order No. 55 Maintaining the Naval Blockade in Texas: “All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates.”

by Gideon Welles

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[Civil War] [Texas] Gideon Welles. General Order, No. 55. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] May 24, 1865. White printed wraps. 21 cm. One sheet folded into four leaves, printing on first two only. Two small holes in margin, not affecting the text, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this order. Signed in type: Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Andrew Johnson, President and W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State. Announcement of the order by President Johnson to end the naval blockade against foreign commerce, except in the ports of Galveston, Lasalle, Brazos de Santiago (Port Isabel) and Brownsville, Texas. "All such offenders will be held and dealt with as pirates." Although Lee had surrendered in April 1865, the Confederate armies in Texas had not surrendered, hence the U. S. naval blockade on Texas ports needed to be maintained.
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DECATUR, ALABAMA Yankee Foothold in Dixie, 1861-1865
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DECATUR, ALABAMA Yankee Foothold in Dixie, 1861-1865

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Athens, AL: Pea Ridge Press. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0964208415 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Signed by Robert Dunnavant; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Spur

The Spur

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New York: Julian Messner, 1951. Solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has small tears on top and bottom edges with creases and light crumpling. Otherwise jacket is bright and shows light wear. Novelized version of the man who killed Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Joe Brown's Army: The Georgia State Line, 1862-1865
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Joe Brown's Army: The Georgia State Line, 1862-1865

by William Harris Bragg

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Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. NF/F/1st ed. Clean, tight, square. No wear to Dust Jacket, which is covered with a mylar sleeve. 175pp. Culmulative Muster Rolls of the Georgia State Line, notes, b&w photos, maps, index. One of the very few sources about the 2 regiments that made up the Georgia State Line. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.
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FELIX MOSES, THE BELOVED JEW OF STRINGTOWN ON THE PIKE [signed by Lloyd]:; Pages from the life...

FELIX MOSES, THE BELOVED JEW OF STRINGTOWN ON THE PIKE [signed by Lloyd]:; Pages from the life experiences of a unique character--a man whose romantic record challenges imagination

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Cincinnati: Caxton Press for the Author, 1930. Limited Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: xxix, 354; 20 plates and text illus by J. Augustus Knapp. Bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth, illus mounted on cover. Small, private bookplate on front free-endpaper. 9.75" x 6.75" This second printing, preceded by an edition of 500. was limited to 1,000 copies, On the limitation page is a six-line inscription, signed by the author at Cincinnati, March 16th, 1932. Felix Moses of Kentucky served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
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Bosque Redondo: An American Concentration Camp

Bosque Redondo: An American Concentration Camp

by Bailey, Lynn R

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Pasadena, Socio-Technical Books, 1970, hardcover, 176 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, spots to top edge, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, light wrinkles, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-regarded anthropologist, museum director, supervising archaeologist for the Fort Massac Reconstruction project in Southern Illinois, and author of The Long Walk: A History of Navajo Wars, 1846-68 takes us back to the years 1863-68, the military roundup of the Navajo Indians and the creation of Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a forty-square mile concentration camp where the Navajo lived according to the dictates of an alien people and suffered disease, starvation, and generational trauma. Illustrated with 22 period photographs. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780870261008
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A Heroine of the Wilderness: The Story of Lincoln's Mother (True First Edition)
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A Heroine of the Wilderness: The Story of Lincoln's Mother (True First Edition)

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Remarkably well preserved copy of this rare hardback copyright 1906; pictorial boards (see photos) show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners; text block tight and square; one illustration missing; both hinges beginning to split but this has not significantly weakened the tightness of spine; 273 clean pages, showing signs of tanning CC.
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WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia  Plantation of Sherman's...

WOMAN'S WARTIME JOURNAL An Account of the Passage over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea

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Macon, GA: J. W. Burke. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. , DJ has light soiling ; Introduction by Julian Street; 65 pages .
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DECATUR, ALABAMA Yankee Foothold in Dixie, 1861-1865
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Athens, AL: Pea Ridge Press. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0964208415 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Signed by Robert Dunnavant; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author .
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Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, Two Volumes
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Star Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poor. Star Publishing Co., 1894. First edition thus. Poor. Volume I has detatched cover and spine cover is in pieces. Volume II covers are barely attached to the bindings. Contents of both volumes are present with some loose pages.
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The Georgia Brigade
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The Georgia Brigade

by William R. Scaife

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Atlanta Georgia: William R. Scaife, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. VG/0/1st ed., stated/Signed. A excellent copy with some light water damage at the bottom of the first 3 pages, and some light spotting on front free endpapers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked. Binding tight and solid. Black leather with gold lettering on spine and front panel. 140 pages, stated First Edition, signed on title page by author. Chronological record of the Georgia Brigade, roster of Georgia Brigade surrendering at Appomattox, biographical sketches of General, Field and Medical Officers, bibliography and index. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage, mailed boxed and I can have it in the mail tomorrow.
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy

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O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."
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