12mo, 43 manuscript pages, (measuring 3 ½" x 5 ½"), unbound, unsewn, written in ink, in a legible hand, very good condition, dated 5 July 1950 to 11 Oct 1951. While the diary is not signed, the provenance comes from the fact… 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
