(CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE) Fletcher William A Rebel Private Fr

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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Fletcher, William A. Rebel Private Front and Rear: Experiences and Observations . . . through the Civil War. Frontispiece portrait. 193 pages. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, minor wear; bookplate on rear pastedown. Beaumont, [TX]: Press of the Greer Print, 1908

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first edition. A memoir of life in the 5th Texas Infantry and Terry's Texas Rangers, including service at Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, and Chickamauga. "Best personal narrative by a Confederate private. Most of the edition was destroyed by fire"--Howes F194 ("aa"). Nevins, page I:89. None known at auction since a Swann sale, 6 October 1949, lot 285.