HAM CHAMBERLAYNE - VIRGINIAN - CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY OFFICER

Description: HAM CHAMBERLAYNE – VIRGINIA LETTERS AND PAPERS OF THE ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE 1861-1865 WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND INDEX BY HIS SON C.G. CHAMBERLAYNE BY JOHN HAMPDEN CHAMBERLAYNE MINT CONDITION BOOK This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. MINT CONDITION DUST JACKET Clean, Sharp, Bright, Attractive, Solidly-Bound, New Book Loaded with Illustrations, Photos, Facsimile Documents and Maps Rich Civil War History and Seen from a Young, Confederate Officer An exceptionally revealing collection of papers by a young Virginia aristocrat who served long and faithfully in a Richmond artillery battery. “Charmingly candid letters of considerable interest” – In Tall Cotton Well educated at the University of Virginia, and practicing law in Richmond, Chamberlayne enlisted as a Private in Company F, of the 21st Virginia Infantry Regiment. The company had been formed as militia in Richmond in 1859 and operated in defense of Richmond throughout the summer, then in the mountains of Western Virginia through the rest of the year. In 1862 he transferred, as Sergeant to the Purcell Artillery: an elite outfit soon to be commanded by William Pegram, another former Company F soldier. In June of that year he was commissioned Lieutenant and appointed Assistant Adjutant General on the staff of Colonel R. L. Walker in command of the Corps Artillery, but from the Seven Days through the Maryland Campaign he was detached to General A.P. Hill’s staff as Aide-de-Camp. He fought at Harper’s Ferry enroute to Antietam and after the fighting at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and was captured in combat at Gettysburg in July 1863 and imprisoned at Johnson’s Island, Ohio, and Point Lookout, Maryland. Released in 1864, he was promoted to Captain and commanded an artillery battery in the Army of northern Virginia from July until the end of the War in April 1865, fighting in the Wilderness, at Gaines Mill THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This wonderful, book is new, unread, and in pristine-condition. It comes in a new, pristine-condition dust jacket. The book has no wear or shortcomings. The pages are clean and there isn’t a mark in the book. It is clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound. The book is handsomely bound in red covers with bright gold-gilt lettering and the image of a Confederate battle flag and has a Confederate gray spine with bright lettering. It contains 622 pages, 60 illustrations and 4 maps. A pristine-condition, brand new book. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

Price: 24.9 USD

Location: Burke, Virginia

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