The Campaigns of Walkers Texas Division by a Private Soldier (Joseph Palmer Blessington), 1875, 1. Edition, Lange, Little & Co. Printers, New York, 314pp, hardback. Jenkins Basic Texas Books notes This is the only complete history of the largest single unit of Texas troops in the Civil War, the only division in the confederate army composed of troops from a single state.
Rains called it one of the best war histories written, as to the Texas troops. Written by a corporal on the staff of General Richard Surry. It was derived from his own diaries. Scarce in the first edition in any condition. Fair only; covers worn, spine cover becoming detached along right side; book interior tight; former owners bookplate on inside front cover; chip on upper right tip of title page; large chip out of last page; pencil writing on rear blank page; looks like a blank page may be missing from back (see photos).
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