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- Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States and for the Quartermaster’s and Pay Departments. The Uniform and Dress of the Army.
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States and for the Quartermaster’s and Pay Departments. The Uniform and Dress of the Army.
Confederate Imprint.
Bloomfield & Steel, ( 1861), New Orleans
18.5 cm. 262; 100 pp.
Price: $500
Revised edition, and scarce variant of a title that was widely published in various forms “by the Authority of the Secretary of War.” These foundational texts assured the uniformity of procedures and the theoretical and practical bases for operating an Army. Since New Orleans fell to Union forces in April 1862, imprints from that city are scarcer than those from a publishing center such as Richmond. Bound in original half sheep over marbled boards. Binding distressed, boards detached but present. Backstrip mostly lacking. Sewing holding well. Text shows foxing and staining but is complete and legible, with no loss. The front pastedown bears the ownership signature of Captain W.H. Hickman, AKA Henry Hickman, for whom “Find a Grave” provides the following information: “…Hickman, who lived in Shingleton swamp (near the present-day Calabash area) in southern Brunswick County, enlisted in the Confederate army on February 19, 1862, five days after the fall of New Bern. Henry served in Company K, 36th North Carolina troops. The battery was located in the mound at Fort Fisher, but Company K’s cannon was dismounted by enemy fire. The battery nevertheless continued to fight, using small arms, and fought for several hours after the official surrender until 10 o’clock that evening. Henry was wounded in his arm by a Minie ball. The arm was amputated, but Henry developed blood poisoning, and died on February 7.”
