Lee's Sharpshooters; or the forefront of battle. A story of Southern Valor that never has been told.
Little Rock, Ark: Tunnar & Pittard, 1899. Frontispiece, 488p. Original brown cloth over boards. Title lettered in gold on the front board. Major William S. Dunlop (1833-1914). First edition of this Civil War memoir. William Degge in Sons of Confederate Veterans, Benton County, Arkansas 2009 writes "Major Dunlop was first a member of the 12th South Carolina Volunteers, the companies of which rendezvoused at Columbia about July 1, 1861. This regiment with four others formed Gregg's Brigade, which became McGowan's Brigade after Gregg was killed at Fredericksburg".At Gettysburg, Dunlop was assigned to the sharpshooters of McGowan's Brigade. When the commanding officer was killed, Dunlop, then a Captain, was given command of the battalion in an order never delivered because the bearer was killed enroute". Howes D573. Scattered foxing and some light soiling to the boards. Some offsetting on the past downs from the glue used in the binding otherwise a well preserved copy of a very scarce memoir. Item #10121
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