Sewanee, TN: The University Press at the University of the South, 1907 The University Press at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN. 1907. Hardcover. First Edition. On of 375 copies. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Portrait frontis. Book Condition: VG+; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ as issued. Gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine and front board with bars and stars in gilt. 293 pp 8vo. Kirby-Smith was the last surviving general of either army from the Civil War. This book is an edited collection of his letters and correspondence published after his death in 1893. The purpose of the book was to set forth the life of Edmund Kirby-Smith more as a man than as a military leader. A clean very presentable copy.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005101
Title: General Kirby-Smith
Author: Arthur Howard Noll
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: The University Press at the University of the South
Place of Publication: Sewanee, TN
Date Published: 1907
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: Civil War, American Civil War, Edmund Kirby-Smith, West Point, Confederate General, Army of the Confederacy, War with Mexico, Southwestern Frontier, Manassas, Kentucky Campaign, Trans-Mississippi Department, Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, Univers
Bookseller catalogs: Biographies; Civil War; Mexican War;

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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