The Falling Flag. Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox. By an Officer of the Rear-Guard.
New York: E. J. Hale & Son, 1874.
Price: $400.00
About the item
First edition. 67pp. 8vo. Publisher's maroon pictorial cloth gilt, green endpapers. Minor spotting to the covers. Provenance: C. Herbst (signature on title and dedication). Howes B676; Dornbusch II, 882.
Item #322810
The author served as an officer in Alex Haskell's 7th South Carolina Cavalry and recounts the final days of the Confederacy. This example with provenance to Charles Herbst, who served with the First Kentucky Brigade of the Confederate Army (aka the Orphan Brigade) and following the war worked as a rare book dealer.
