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Historic Books, Maps,
Documents & Photographs from the Estates of Clyde McGinnis &
John Quincy Wolf Jr.
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1690 White Drive - Batesville, AR 72501
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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$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".
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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".
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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