[Rochester: Heughes’ Book & Job Power Press, Main St., 1861] sm. Quarto, 18 pages, sewn into original self-wraps, as issued, first page somewhat browned, corners slightly dogeared, else very good. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub