BAKER, W[illiam] W[ashington]

Memoirs of Service with John Yates Beall, C.S.N.

Item #51330

BAKER, W[illiam] W[ashington]. Memoirs of Service with John Yates Beall, C.S.N. Richmond, VA: The Richmond Press, 1910. 1st ed. 69 pp. Portrait frontis; portrait. Orig. cloth. A near fine copy. In a cloth slipcase. Presentation inscription on front pastedown from the author to "Lillian S. Antrim, from her uncle W.W. Baker April 28, 1911." A personal narrative of service in the Confederate States Navy edited by Douglas Southall Freeman. Beall and his men, including Baker, composed a group of Confederate naval irregulars, operating in the Chesapeake area, much as Mosby and his men worked on land.

Price: $850.00