WALKER, C[ornelius] I[rvine].

Rolls and Historical Sketch of the Tenth Regiment, So. Ca. Volunteers

Item #52157

(SOUTH CAROLINA REGIMENTAL). WALKER, C[ornelius] I[rvine]. Rolls and Historical Sketch of the Tenth Regiment, So. Ca. Volunteers, in the Army of the Confederate States. Charleston, SC; Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Printers, 1881. 1st ed. 138 pp. Frontis. Orig. printed wrappers in custom cloth box. Covers silked and rebacked, small chips to edges of wrappers, else very good copy. Very scarce. Presentation inscription from the author on the title page. "Noted for its accuracy, this study passed under the scrutiny of several of the regiment's members before it was published." Nevins I, p. 173. "The material for the 'sketch' was roughly gathered by the writer immediately on his return home after the war, while the events were fresh in his memory. This was carefully compared with a similar work prepared by our esteemed commander, General A.M. Manigault, and with a private correspondence of the writer narrating the events as they occurred, to the lady who is now his wife." Preface.

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