Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War.
Item #67418
JOHNSTON, David E. The Story of a Confederate Boy in the Civil War. [Portland, OR: Glass & Prudhomme Company, 1914]. 1st ed. xvi,393pp. Portrait frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. HOWES J-159. Dornbusch II, 1343. Nevins I, p.114. Rarely found in dust jacket. "Sergeant Johnson fought with the 7th Virginia, for most of the war a regiment in General James L. Kemper's Brigade of Pickett's Division, from First Manassas until captured at Sailor's Creek three days before Appomattox. His valuable descriptions of battlefield experiences share space with a detailed, unpretentious description of soldier life...Johnston re-issued his book under the title The Story of a Confederate Boy... somewhat rewritten..."--In Taller Cotton, 118.
Price: $600.00