Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 453

Price Realized: $ 1,062
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MILITARY.) LEE, REV. WILLIAM MACK LEE. History of the Life of Rev. Wm. Mack Lee, Body Servant of General Robert E. Lee. Illustrations. 28 pages. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, darkened at the edges; small triangular chip to rear cover; some light general soil. (WGC) Norfolk: 1918
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first edition, scarce Autobiographical account of the life of Robert E. Lee's body servant and cook throughout the Civil War. By his own account, he was with Lee at first and second Bull Run, first and second Manassas, and 'was there at the fire of the last gun for the salute of the surrender on Sunday, April 9, 9 o'clock A.M. at Appomattox.'