Under The Stars and Bars or, Memories of Four Years Service With The Oglethorpes, of Augusta, Georgia

Author: Clark, Walter A. (Orderly Sergeant)
Title: Under The Stars and Bars or, Memories of Four Years Service With The Oglethorpes, of Augusta, Georgia
Publication: Augusta: Chronicle Printing Company, 1900
Edition: First Edition

Description: Hardcover. Octavo. [2], 239 pages, [2]. Light green cloth hardcover with the title and Confederate flag illustration on the front cover. Title on the spine. The cloth binding is damp stained. Edge wear to the cloth corners and head and base of the spine. End sheets are damp stained. This copy has persistent light damp-stains at the top page edges with minor page warping. The front hinge is completely broken. The rear hinge is cracked but still firmly attached. The author served in Company B of the Oglethorpes. Walter Clark reminisces about several events during his service including; A Tramp with Stonewall Jackson; A Ride With Belle Boyd, the Confederate Spy; Roster of the Oglethorpes Infantry; service with the 12th Ga. Battalion; at Dalton and Atlanta; Battle of Kennesaw; A Slaves Loyalty; A Christmas Day with Forrest; the Closing Campaign and more. The addenda includes sections on Oglethorpes Co. B; Roster of Companies A, 9th Ga., Co. C, 2nd Ga. A fair copy only.

Nevins volume 1 page 71 - "A rather informal memoir by a soldier who saw duty in both theaters; the account is based on wartime letters and a diary." Fair.

Seller ID: 22504

Subject: Civil War



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