1868 Confederate 1ed Jefferson Davis CSA Civil War Slavery Gettysburg Vicksburg

ALFRIEND, Frank H.

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A scarce first edition printing of the life and career of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy by Frank H. Alfriend. This book primarily deals with Davis’s military and political involvement in the Confederate States of America including:

  • Interaction with Abraham Lincoln
  • Davis speeches, advancement in Congress
  • Southern states in the Mexican War
  • Rights of states holding slaves from being admitted into Union
  • Returning runaway slaves to owners
  • Robert E. Lee’s military tactics at Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
    • Lee’s admission of tactical errors

 

According to Nevins, this book is

“A eulogistic attempt to vindicate the motives and conduct of the Southern leader; includes extensive quotations from Davis’s letters and speeches.”

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1868 Confederate 1ed Jefferson Davis CSA Civil War Slavery Gettysburg Vicksburg

 

A scarce first edition printing of the life and career of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy by Frank H. Alfriend. This book primarily deals with Davis’s military and political involvement in the Confederate States of America including:

  • Interaction with Abraham Lincoln
  • Davis speeches, advancement in Congress
  • Southern states in the Mexican War
  • Rights of states holding slaves from being admitted into Union
  • Returning runaway slaves to owners
  • Robert E. Lee’s military tactics at Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg
    • Lee’s admission of tactical errors

 

According to Nevins, this book is

“A eulogistic attempt to vindicate the motives and conduct of the Southern leader; includes extensive quotations from Davis’s letters and speeches.”

 

Item number: #40623

Price: $499

 

ALFRIEND, Frank H.

 

The Life of Jefferson Davis

 

Cincinnati; Chicago; [etc.]: Caxton Publishing House, National Publishing Co., P.M. Savery, J. Laws, and Co., 1868. First edition.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete
    • xvii, [1], 13-645, [1]
    • Includes engraved portrait frontispiece
  • References: Nevins II, 36.
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Brown cloth
  • Size: ~8.5in X 6.25in (21.5cm x 15.5cm)

 

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40623

Categories

Americana, American History

Military & War

Authors

ALFRIEND, Frank H.

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete