THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER BOY - 56th REGIMENT NC TROOPS

Description: THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER BOY A THOUSAND SHOTS FOR THE CONFEDERACY BY JAMES CARSON ELLIOTT Company F, 56th Regiment, N.C.T., C.S.A., 1861-1865 Shelby, North Carolina Historical Incidents, Reminiscences and Personal Experiences, Covering the nine months siege of Petersburg and both Prison Pens, etc., etc. Plain facts more interesting than Fiction, all from the standpoint of a Private Soldier. FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE CONDITION PROTECTED IN A CLEAR, MYLAR DUST JACKET Original, Clean, Tight, Antique, Wrap/Booklet Frontispiece Photograph of the Author Private James Carson Elliott in Uniform PUBLISHED BY EDWARDS & BROUGHTON PRINTING COMPANY, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, IN 1907 This original, first edition, 1907, antique wrap/booklet provides the first-hand observations, reminiscences and personal experiences of Private James Carson Elliott, Company F, 56th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, Confederate States of America. In this one, the truth is more amazing that fiction. The book contains numerous historical incidents of the Civil War including Elliott’s observations in the nine-month siege of Petersburg, his capture and horrific experiences in the prison pen. Written from the standpoint of a Private soldier, this book has extraordinary content both about the Civil War and about its aftermath. Portions of the book address the following topics: Jamestown and its Significance; the Jamestown Exposition; A Tribute to Virginia; History of Company F, 56th Regiment; Confederate Monument at Shelby; A Patriotic Recruit; A Bad Case if Itch; Longstreet's Corps on the way to Chickamauga; Shooting an Outlaw, Removing Federal Prisoners from Richmond to Andersonville,: Navigating the Appomattox River; Incidents in the Lines; Reminiscence of Point Lookout Prison; A Negro Servant who Claimed he Carried White Ladies Hair; Begging Crumbs from a Negro's Table; Two Patriot Soldiers and one who was out for the Bounty; On the Warf Detail and Waiting to Steal Something from Uncle Sam's Plentiful Stores; The Invasion of Home Land After Lee's Surrender; A Faithful Negro Servant; Would not let them take all the Meat the Man Had; Confederate Troops Commit Outrages, Plunder and Murder; A Hearty Conscript; Scenes at Appomattox - Stragglers in the Union Army; A Patriotic Darkey; An Aggrieved Union Soldier Seeks Sympathy from His Southern People; Field Officers of the 56th Regiment, North Carolina; A True Virginia Boy and a Bit of Romance; Colonel Billy Miller's Upright Farm in the Upright Regions of Cleaveland County; and How He Came to Win It, with Sketches of the County and Some of its People; Uncle Abe Wallis' Visit to Washington; An Irish Socialist; Seven Day's Fight Around Richmond; and The Negro Problem. The real deal, an original first edition, 1907 copy. THE WRAP/BOOKLET IS IN VERY GOOD This original, first edition, antique wrap/booklet has tight binding, but water staining throughout. The booklet comes in a clear, Mylar dust jacket to protect it (see photo #3). The wrap/booklet has tight binding with no looseness. The wrap cover has tape to the exterior cover to keep it from tearing. It also has wear and staining. The interior pages all have water staining, but are in fine condition otherwise. The pages are free of any writing, foxing, stamps or pasteboards. It is not an ex-library booklet. 79 pages. Indexed. Very uncommon. A rare, first edition copy of this Confederate soldier’s memoir. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

Price: 250 USD

Location: Burke, Virginia

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