Incidents and Anecdotes of the War: Together with Life Sketches of Eminent Leaders, and Narratives of the Most Memorable Battles for the Union.

VICTOR, Orville J.

$100.00

Item Number: 133076

New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, 1862.

First edition of Victor’s anecdotal history of the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition.

One of Victor's several works on the American Civil War, Incidents and Anecdotes of the War contains accounts of McClellan's first campaign, the Battle of Bull Run, the spirit of violence in the South, the persecution of Unionists in Tennessee, the Wilson's Creek Disaster, the fall of Fort Henry, the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, the fall of New Orleans, and the bombardments of Fort Jackson and St. Philip.