Ham Chamberlayne - Virginian (First Edition W/ Dust Jacket) Chamberlayne, John Hampden Military,Military History,Signed, Limited, Presentations

SUBTITLED: Letters and Papers of an Artillery Officer in the War for Southern Independence 1861-1865. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xxx, 440 pgs, double-page and folding map in rear and with two text maps, index, 60 other illustrations and portraits. First edition, 997/1000 numbered copies. Red cloth with gray spine, gilt titled spine and with gilt Confederate flag on front cover. With Dust Jacket as issued. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Near fine with minor shelf soiling to edges. Interior with bookplate of former owner on front endpaper, else is clean and tight. Unclipped DJ is fine in mylar sleeve. Great collector's condition. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: REFERENCES: DORN II 2650; COULTER 75: "At the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a private and by the end of the war had attained the rank of captain; a position which be felt was somewhat beneath his deserts and due to a lack of systematic promotion in the Confederate Army.Chamberlayne in his many letters to his mother and sister, gives a rather complete picture of what went on in the mind of an intelligent artillery officer, especially policies of the army and civil government, as well as social conditions among the people he visited on the march and while in camp. This work is unusually valuable in showing his thoughts and actions as the war was nearing its close." NEVINS I pg 68: "An exceptionally revealing collection of papers by a young Virginia aristocrat who served long and faithfully in a Richmond Artillery battery." IN TALL COTTON #21: Charmingly candid letters of considerable interest."