[YEAGER, Abraham Hoss].

Jacob Klodsoe, One of the Nobodies.

Item #68422

[YEAGER, Abraham Hoss]. Jacob Klodsoe, One of the Nobodies. How He Came Home from the War--How He Grew Up and into It. Cleburne, TX: T.L. Sanders, Printer, 1899. 1st ed. 129pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Small chip to front wrapper, housed in custom red morocco-backed box, else near fine. Rare. Not in any of the standard reference works on the Civil War or Tennessee. The autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from an area described as having "Carolina's tallest peaks" on its southeastern horizon. Most names in the story appear to be fictional. Include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain in June, 1864, as a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois, journey home, and, how he came to join an infantry company. Yeager (1842-1940) served with the 29th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate) until his capture. After the war he was a lawyer in Tennessee, then a newspaperman and farmer in Johnson County, Texas.

Price: $2,000.00