A FULL AND DETAILED HISTORY OF THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
Abrams, A.S.:
Atlanta: Intelligence Steam Power Presses, 1863. 80pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine reinforced with cellophane tape. Contemporary ink signatures and inscriptions on titlepage, outer and inner wrappers, and occasional text margins (inscriptions include a few obscenities, some of which are partially erased). Heavily toned. Sealing wax in some margins, not affecting text. Good. A largely first-hand account of the siege and battle of Vicksburg, published in the same year as the events that are described. In his own words, the author "claims the right of knowing as much about the siege of Vicksburg as anyone residing in that town, from the fact that he was at that point, in Company A, Withers' Light Artillery, as a private, when the first gun was fired in its defense, and served as such until the raising of the first siege. In September, 1862, he was discharged from the army on account of sickness, and being unable to return to his home, (New Orleans) obtained a position in the office of the 'Vicksburg Whig,' where he remained until its destruction by fire in the early part of May, 1863, and was taken prisoner and paroled after the surrender" (p.3). A fascinating account of both military and civilian aspects of the conflict, including one chapter describing the "spirit of the women" during the siege and another describing the "impudence of negroes" immediately following it. HOWES A21. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 4715.
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