folio, three pages of a bi-folium, docketed on last leaf “about a patent Lusk”, formerly folded, portion of last leaf missing at lower corner, not affecting any text, else good. more >
octavo, 3 pages, of a bi-folium, on the letterhead of the Nashville Institute, written in brown ink, in a legible hand, portion of mailing envelope present, else very good. more >
quarto, 112 pages, plus blanks, bound in contemporary cloth backed boards, and muslin spine, some minor shelf wear and rubbing, entries in good, legible condition. 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