SMITH, Daniel P.

Company K, First Alabama Regiment, or Three Years in the Confederate

Item #82021

(ALABAMA REGIMENTAL). SMITH, Daniel P. Company K, First Alabama Regiment, or Three Years in the Confederate Service. Prattville, AL: Published by the Survivors, 1885. 1st ed. 8vo. 135, [1], [10] pp. In orig. cloth. Notable spotting to the binding as well as light and general soiling, nevertheless, a solid copy. Contents are lightly and evenly toned. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. A good or better copy. HOWES S-586, "aa." Dornbusch II, 21. Nicholson, p.784 states "25 copies printed." Nevins describes it as a "good, brief narrative, far above the usual statistical monologue normally found for company histories" Nevins, I, p.159. Co. K was an artillery unit in the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment. They were engaged in the battles of New Madrid and Corinth and were captured in the siege of Fort Hudson. They were paroled and reorganized in time to fight against Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign and followed Hood into Tennessee during his disastrous campaign against Nashville. They were with Johnston in the final days of the war in North Carolina and finally stacked arms in Greensboro. Scarce with only one copy coming to auction in the last century.

Price: $6,500.00