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Lot 101 Title: General Officers of the Confederate Army, Officers of the Executive Departments of the Confederate States, Members of the Confederate Congress By States Author: General Marcus J Wright Description: The first biographical dictionary of Confederate generals, together with lists of the members of the Confederate cabinet and legislature. Grey cloth with gold leaf lettering spine and cover. Annotations in red pencil back end pages for- Officers of Independent Horse Troops, Morgan`s Cavalry, Guerrilla Weapons, Forrest`s, Virginia Cav.. Heading: Place Published: NY Publisher: Neale Pub. Co Date Published: 1911 Edition: First Edition Binding: Grey cloth hardcover

Lot 102 Title: Old Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A. Author: WORSHAM, W[illiam] J[ohnson] Description: The Old Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A. June, 1861- April, 1865. Knoxville, TN: Press of Paragon Printing Company, 1902. 1st ed. 235 pp. Portrait frontis., plans, portraits. HOWES W-681. A scarce East Tennessee regimental. Worsham, born near Calhoun, Tennessee, was made Chief Musician of the regiment. The 19th Tennessee served throughout the Atlanta campaign including Chickamauga and then went with Hood to Franklin and Nashville. Presentation inscription in ink back end papers ""James P Coffin to C.W. Haskill? Dec. 26th, 1902. Heading: Place Published: Knoxville, TN. Publisher: Press of Paragon Printing Company Date Published: 1902 Edition: 1st Ed. Binding: Hardcover grey boards,235 pp.


Lot 103 Title: Rhea and Meigs Counties in the Confederate War Author: Allen V.C. Description: 2 Copies of Rhea and Meigs are counties Tennessee in the Confederate war. Hard to find account of the counties participation in the Civil War with unit rosters. 5""X 7.5"" tall; 126 pages. Heading: Place Published: Publisher: Private Printing Date Published: 1908 Edition: First Edition Binding: Grey hardcover Title: Notes of a Private; Author: Hubbard John Milton Description: 2 Copies of ""Notes of a Private"". Civil War memoir of John Hubbard was a member of Company E, 7th Tennessee Regiment, Forest's Cavalry Corps. Stated Memorial Edition. Frontispiece portrait of author. The appendix has a photo of the equestrian statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the text of his Farewell Address. Hubbard served in five states. He was an educated man and his book is well written. 7.75"" x 5.5"", Heading: Place Published: St. Louis, MO.. Publisher: Nixon-Jones Printing Co. Date Published: 1913 Edition: unknown Binding: Hardcover olive green boards



Lot 104 Title(1): Nurse and Spy in the Union Author: Emma Edmonds Description: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. First edition. Pebbled dark brown cloth with spine lettered in gilt. 384 pp. Frontis portrait engraving of the author and additional full page illustrations in the text. 6"" X 8.5"" Heading: Place Published: Hartford, Conn. Publisher: W. S. Williams Date Published: 1865 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Title(2): Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation. Author: Thomas W. Knox Description: Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation with Illustrations. A great documentary on the Mississippi theater by a newspaper correspondent who seemed to stay in trouble with most Federal commanders. 524 pp. 8vo. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Blelock Date Published: 1865 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Title(3): Forty Six Years in the Army Author: John M. Schofield Description: Forty Six Years in the Army. Tells of Forty-Six years of Army life by Lieutenant General John M. Schofield and covers the Civil War through 1895. 8vo. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: The Century Company Date Published: 1897 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover



Lot 105 Title: The Great Parliament Battle and Farewell Addresses of the Southern Senators on the Eve of the Civil War Author: Thomas Ricaud Martin Description: The Great Parliament Battle and Farewell Addresses of the Southern Senators on the Eve of the Civil War. 255pp. 5.75"" X 8.5"". From the library of General V. Y. Cook, signed and dated Jan. 9, 1912 Heading: Place Published: New York and Washington Publisher: The Neale Publishing Company Date Published: 1905 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Title: The Aftermath Of The Civil War: Based On Investigation Of War Claims Author: Wiley Britton Description: The Aftermath Of The Civil War: Based On Investigation Of War Claims. 5.75"" X 8"" 312pp. Heading: Place Published: Kansas City, MO. Publisher: Smith-Grieves Date Published: 1924 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover Title: Richardson's Defense of the South Author: John Anderson Richardson Description: Richardson's Defense of the South. Attorney J. J. Richardson legal and Constitutional arguments concerning the Civil War and slavery. From the Library of General V. Y. Cook, signed and dated April 26, 191915 598pp. 6.5"" X 9.5"" Heading: Place Published: Atlanta, Georgia Publisher: A. B. Caldwell Date Published: 1914 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover



Lot 106 Title: Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-'65 Author: Walter Clark Description: Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-'65. Indispensable works for the Army of Northern Virginia. Filled with maps, plates and portraits. Gold leaf lettering to spine, state seal backboard. Book cover decorated with gold leaf decorating, Navy Blue Victorian decorations. Red, white, and blue North Carolina and Confederate flags. Vol. 1- 783pp. Vol. 2- 807pp. Vol. 3- 761pp. Vol. 4- 772pp. Vol. 5- 859pp. 6"" X 9.5"" Heading: Place Published: Goldsboro, N. C. Publisher: Nash Brothers Date Published: 1901 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover


Lot 107 Group of Confederate Currency, 12 notes total including: (1) Twenty dollar note Richmond Virginia July 25, 1861 with ship, (1) 1861 T-30 Ten dollar C. S. A. note, (4) 1864 T-68 Ten dollar C. S. A. notes, (1) 1864 T-69 Five dollar C. S. A. notes, (1) Third issue C. S. A. Five dollar note September 2, 1861 (1) Fourth issue Two dollar C. S. A. note Authorized by the Act of April 17, 1862, (1) April 6, 1863 issue Fifty cent C. S. A. fractional note, (1) January 1, 1862 issue Three dollar State of Missouri note, and (1) January 1, 1862 issue One dollar State of Missouri note.



Lot 108 $100 C. S. A. Bond issued November 27, 1862. From a collection sold at Sotheby's London, sold on November 24, 1987. Bond has 14 of the original coupons still intact. An Act of August 19, 1861. 12.5" X 14".

Lot 109 Carte Geographique, Statistique et Historique du Territoire d'Arkansas" Jean Alexandre Buchon. Reflecting H.S. Long's exploratory expeditions, this is an important map of the early western territories, focusing on the large Arkansas Territory, and depicting an early western border in Missouri. The map extends to the Rocky Mountains, and the plains are labeled Grand Desert. Numerous Indian villages are shown based on information gained from the Lewis and Clark expedition, and other important exploration routes are shown. The map shows Arkansas Territory extending to include present-day Oklahoma. The western portions of the map are identical to Long's map of 1823, also published by Carey & Lea. French text surrounds the map on three sides of the large folio sheet (20 x 24.75"). The map was originally engraved by Young & Delleker in 1822, and published by Carey and Lea. This is the French version by J. Carez 1825.

Lot 110 R. Lizars, 1831 Map of The United States, 18" X 22", Published by D. Lizar Edinburgh, Scotland. Arkansas Territory still encompass most of the state of Oklahoma on this map. Texas is referred as a "Great Desert." Wisconsin and Minnesota referred as Northwest Territory. Map is hand tinted in red, yellow, and green.

Lot 111 Canada Louisiane et Terres Angloises Map 1755, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon. Includes inset on southeastern sheet: "Le Fleuve Saint-Laurent represente plus en detail que dans l'étendue de la carte." Great map of the Eastern U.S. and Canada including the St. Lawrence River. Hand tinted in greens, yellow, blue, and red.


Lot 112 1860 U.S. Cavalry Model Saber Engraved Col. V. Y. Cook 2nd Arkansas. Original leather wrapped handle with brass wire twist wrap. Brass shows signs of original gold leaf and great patina. Three tyne guard slightly bent, rack no. 73 mark on top cap. Blade 34" long and total length 40".

Lot 113 Title: Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865 Description: Journal of the Senate of the Second Congress of the Confederate States of America 1861-1865 +. Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7 in series covers February 4,1861-May 2,1864. Three quarter brown leather with marble boards. ; 8vo 6"" - 9"" tall . Gold leaf lettered spine includes library attribution ""V.Y. Cook"" Heading: Place Published: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date Published: 1904 Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardcover


Lot 114 Title: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography 9 volumes Description: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography in 9 volumes. Three quarter brown leather with cloth boards, gold leaf lettering on spine includes - ""Maj.- Gen`l V.Y. Cook Ark. National Guard"". From the library of V.Y. Cook each volume front end paper stamped ""Not Loanable"". Covers American notable biographies commencing with George Washington and ending with George Arthur Plimpton. Major General V.Y. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: James T. White Date Published: 1898 - 1899 Binding: Three quarter leather with cloth boards


Lot 115 Title: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas Description: 981 pp., dark brown leather boards w/gilt lettering on the spine & front cover, front cover embossed w/border and w/designs in the corners of the border, all edges gilt. The book contains a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties named herein, and numerous biographical sketches of the prominent citizens of such counties. The counties are: Greene, Clay, Fulton, Craighead, Randolph, Mississippi, Poinsett, Independence, Sharp, Lawrence, Jackson and Izard. The book contains portraits of Elixha Baxter, W. Cate, S. Semmes, J. Lindsay, Capt. D. Matthews, J. Abernethy, J. Rutherford, W. Harrison, D. Montgomery, T. Musgrave, F. McGavock, V. Cook. Lt. E. Ayres, and many others. This is a Very HEAVY Book. The book size is 11.125 by 9.5 by 3.0. Previous owner John Quincy Wolf Jr., 1893 Snowden Ave., Memphis, TN. note from Burrow Library, Southwestern at Memphis, note describes the rebinding of the book, on the inside front cover. Heading: Place Published: Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis Publisher: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. Date Published: 1889 Edition: First Edition Binding: Oversized Hardcover

Lot 116 Title: Group of V.Y.Cook Personal Papers & Photographs Description: Collection of personal papers from the estate of V.Y. Cook. Photographs including a photo by Harris Photographs, Little Rock, Arkansas circa 1900 titled Major General V.Y. Cook, Batesville, Arkansas commanding Third Division Forrest Cavalry Corps. U.C.V.; Volume XXX Confederate Veteran Magazine with Col. V.Y. Cook Past Commander Trans-Mississippi Department U.C.V. on the cover; June 1898 letter from the Governor of Arkansas Daniel W. Jones to William McKinley requesting V.Y. Cook`s appointment to Brigadier General of The Arkansas Volunteer Guard and a letter to U.S. Senator James K. Jones urging the senator to go at once and see the President on Cook`s behalf. Several type written pages by a Cook family member telling of Cook`s Civil War days fighting with Nathan Bedford Forrest, farming, postmaster, railroad and other ventures. Type written copy of a surrender agreement signed R. Todhunter A.A. Gen. May 9th, 1865. A letter to V.Y. Cook mentioning K.K.K. activity dated 1918, and much more V. Y. Cook was born in in Boydsville, Ky. November 14, 1848 and was a Soldier, Merchant and a planter. Cook was the son of William D. and Pernicia Dodds Cook. Early in the Civil War at age 15 V. Y. joined the Confederate Army Company H. 7 Kentucky Calvary under General Nathan Bedford Forrest and served until its surrender May 10th 1865. On August 17, 1897 he was appointed a Major General in the Arkansas National Guard. Date Published: Early 1900`s to 1950`s?



Lot 117 Title: The Encyclopedia of the New West, containing fully authenticated information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, Commercial, Manufacturing, Mining and Grazing Industries, and Representing the Character, Development, Resources and Present Condition of Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Indian Territory. Also Biographical Sketches of their Representative Men and Women. Author: Speer, William S. Description: Bound in full leather. Decorative gold stamping and lettering on the cover and spine. Page edges gilt. 611 +269 + 77 + 38 + 13 pages. Sections for each state are separately paginated. According to the index, there are 382 biographies for Texas, about 150 for Arkansas, about 60 for Colorado, nearly 20 for New Mexico and 7 for the Indian Territory. There are full page steel plate engravings (portraits) with facsimile autographs for many hundreds of the people, each with a tissue paper guard. Book measures 9 x 12 inches. Oversized and heavy. Heading: Place Published: Marshall, Texas Publisher: United States Biographical Publishing Company, Hodge and Jennings Bros., Proprietors Date Published: 1881 Edition: First Binding: Oversized Hardcover

Lot 118 Title: THE HISTORY OF AMERICA Author: ROBERTSON, William. Description: THE HISTORY OF AMERICA Author: ROBERTSON, William. 2 vols. rebound bound as one. 8vo, 5"" X 8"" and 3.25"" thick., full calf. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Samuel Campbell, Date Published: 1798. Edition: First American Edition Binding: Rebound Brown Leather spine.

Lot 119 Title: Life and adventures of L. D. Lafferty: being a true Author: Abney A.H. Description: A biography of one of the most remarkable men of the great Southwest, from an adventurous boyhood in Arkansas, through a life of almost unequaled sufferings and narrow escapes in the early days of the frontier of Texas. From the library of Clyde McGinnis. 5.5"" X 7.5"", 219 pages. Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: H.S. Goodspeed Date Published: 1875 Edition: First Edition Binding: Green Cloth Hardcover

Lot 120 Title: Confederate Veteran Magazines, 1909 - 1926, 120 Volumes. Author: This was the official publication of the United Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Confederated Southern Memorial Association. Description: Confederate Veteran Magazines contained numerous first hand accounts of the battles and articles of general historical and genealogical interest about the Civil War.- 1909 set complete, 1910 set complete, 1911 set complete, 1912 set complete, 1914 set missing August, 1916 set complete, 1917 set missing February and June, 1918 set missing May, 1919 Set missing July, 1925 set missing March and October, 1926 set missing August. A total of over 120 volumes. Heading: Place Published: Publisher: This was the official publication of the United Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the Confederated Southern Memorial Association. Date Published: 1909-1926 Edition: First Editions Binding: Paperback



Lot 121 Title: Scribners Campaigns of The Civil War, The Navy In The Civil War, The March To The Sea Franklin and Nashville, The Gulf and The Inland Waters, The Mississippi, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, Army of The Cumberland, Atlanta, Virginia Campaign 1864 and 1865, Outbreak of The Rebellion, Statistical Record, The Atlantic Coast, From Fort Henry To Corinth, The Army Under Pope, The Peninsula, The Antietam and Fredericksburg, The Blockade and The Cruisers, The Shenandoah Valley. Author: Various Authors Description:Scribners Campaigns of The Civil War, The Navy In The Civil War, The March To The Sea Franklin and Nashville, The Gulf and The Inland Waters, The Mississippi, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, Army of The Cumberland, Atlanta, Virginia Campaign 1864 and 1865, Outbreak of The Rebellion, Statistical Record, The Atlantic Coast, From Fort Henry To Corinth, The Army Under Pope, The Peninsula, The Antietam and Fredericksburg, The Blockade and The Cruisers, The Shenandoah Valley. Embossed and Gold leaf lettered. Several volumes are dated May 19th, 1910, stamped not loanable and signed V.Y. Cook. Fold-out maps are in good condition. approx.5.3"" X 7.5"", 5 of the Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Scribners Date Published: 1881-1893 Edition: First Editions Binding: Blue hard cloth. Four of the books have a different binding.



Lot 122 Title: United Daughters Of The Confederacy Group of 12 Items 1896 - 1964 Description: The Garden of Memory 1861-'65 ""They Bore The Flag of A Nation's Trust"" Stories of the Civil War As Told By Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy, by Mrs. M.A. Elliott, publisher: Daughters of the Confederacy, Camden, AR, Bound in tan cloth with red and blue Confederate flags on front cover, 96 pages, pages are yellow from age, title page and dedication pages have torn corners( loose and in book) Cover shows age related discoloring, Solid binding with no loose or missing pages. Pages are not brittle. Probably published early 1900's. Camden, Arkansas area veterans tell their stories of the Civil War1910 Sidney Johnson Chapter U.D.C., Batesville, Ark. yearbook; United Daughters Of The Confederacy Group of 12 Items 1896 - 1964;Minutes of the 6th annual meeting Richmond, Va.; 2 copies, Minutes of the 8th annual meeting Wilmington, N.C. 1901; Minutes of the 23rd annual convention Arkansas Division U.D.C.; Copy of poem ""The Confederate Woman"" by Vic Reinhardt, Terrell, Texas unknown date; Program 28th annual convention U.D.C. Arkansas Division, First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Batesville, Ark. 1923; Book "" History of The U.D.C. 1894-1955; 4 U.D.C. magazines 1963 and 1964.


Lot 123 Title: Hancock's Diary, Or: a History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, With Sketches of First and Seventh Battalions, Also, Portraits and Biographical Sketches, Two Volumes in One Author: Hancock R.R. Description: Hancock's Diary, Or: a History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, With Sketches of First and Seventh Battalions, Also, Portraits and Biographical Sketches, Two Volumes in One. History of General Nathan Bedford Forrest commands until the May 9th, 1865, Gainesville, Alabama. Signed in pencil H.G. Porter Hardy Arkansas. 6.5"" X 9"", 644 pages. Heading: Place Published: Nashville, Tennessee Publisher: Brandon Printing Co. Date Published: 1887 Edition: First Edition Binding: Cloth hardboards

Lot 124 Title: Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest Author: Wyeth John A. Description: An account written by a Confederate veteran who served under Forrest, a detailed and uncritical study & is concerned almost entirely with military operations. Front end page stamped former library copy Union City Training School, Union City, Tennessee and inscribed in ink ""Please return promptly to D.A. Williams"" . 656 pages. 6.5"" X 9.5"" Heading: Place Published: New York Publisher: Harper Brothers Date Published: 1899 Edition: First Edition Binding: Cloth Hardcover


Lot 125 Title: First With The Most Forrest Author: Henry Robert Selph Description: The history of the early life and Civil War service of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest with 24 black and white illustrations. 557 pages. approx. 6"" X 9"" Heading: Place Published: Indianapolis/ New York Publisher: Bobbs- Merrill Date Published: 1944 Edition: First Edition ""Bedford Edition"" Signed by Author Binding: Red Cloth Hardboard