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Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig
Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig

Military Record of Louisiana Napier Bartlett Civil War 1964 Reissue of 1875 Orig

$ 13.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • State: Louisiana
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  • Condition: Hardback book without a dust jacket. Binding is very secure. The lettering on the spine is faded but still legible. There is very slight bumping to top and bottom of spine. The corners of boards are not bumped. There are some small areas of wear to the page edges, most notably near the spine of the top page edges and near the top and bottom outer corners. (See photos # 7,8,9 which are of the top, the leading, and the bottom page edges, respectively.) There is also slight brown spotting to the page edges. There is darkening to the paper overlying the inside of the hinges to the front and back boards and slight darkening to other areas of the insides of the boards and to the facing blank free pages. (See photo # 10.) A bookplate from the Louisiana Civil War Centennial Commission is pasted on the inside of the front board. (See photo # 3.) This book is not ex-library nor ex-libris. It has not writing, highlighting, or underlining. Please see photos. Sold as is.

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    is a classic first hand account of, and compilation of records relating to, Louisiana's military role in the Civil War.  This book was originally published in 1875 and was reissued in 1964 by the Louisiana Civil War Centennial Commission, at the suggestion of Palmer Bradley (a noted authority on and collector of Civil War and Confederacy books) who called it "...probably the best Louisiana Civil War book your commission could reprint...".  This book would be of great use to historians and genealogists as it has very detailed information on multiple military units and their engagements in various theaters during the course of the war.
    Title:
    Military Record of Louisiana
    Subtitle:
    Including Biographical and Historical Papers Relating to the Military Organizations of the State
    Author:  Napier Bartlett
    Publisher:  Louisiana State University Press
    Copyright:  1964
    Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 64-11967
    Hardback.  No dust jacket.
    Pages:  457
    (Note:  There are five major sections.  The page numbering is idiosyncratic, restarting from page 1 with each section.  This numbering system was used in the original 1875 edition.  I obtained the number 457 by adding the number of pages in each of the sections.)
    Please see photos #4, 5, and 6 for the Table of Contents.
    The author, Napier Bartlett, was born and raised in Macon, Georgia, but came to New Orleans to study at the University of Louisiana, graduating in 1858.  He enlisted, on May 26, 1861, in the elite Washington Artillery, joining as a private and rising to the rank of corporal.  He was stationed in the Eastern theater, serving in many famous battles in Virginia.  (He was also at Gettysburg, and provides an account of that battle.)  After the war, he returned to Louisiana where he worked as a newspaper reporter, finally purchasing and becoming editor of the
    Claiborne Advocate
    of Homer, Louisiana.  He wrote a couple of romantic novels and, more importantly, a memoir of his own war experiences:
    A Soldier's Story of the War
    .  Based on the positive reception given to this memoir, Napier reissued it - along with much additional material about the Washington Artillery, and other units - under a new title:
    Military Record of Louisiana
    .  The expanded book was originally published in 1875, the year before Napier's death.
    According to the Foreword written by LSU History Professor T. Harry Williams (who was Vice-Chairman of the Louisiana Civil War Centennial Commission):
    "The present volume is for the most part an exact reproduction of the book published in 1875 by L. Graham and Company, 73 Camp Street, New Orleans.  In addition to the foreword, a table of contents has been added; photographs bound into the original volume have been omitted (they carried no identification), and a new title page has replaced the old.  No attempt has been made to correct the typographical errors or to improve the unorthodox paging, which is evidence that although the various sections of the book were bound together, they were printed separately."
    The Commission also discovered that there were two versions of the book, each with the same title page, both published in 1875; the 1964 reissue I am selling is of the longer version (that has 32 additional pages).
    Please see above for full description of condition and for photos.  Sold as is.
    Attention US Buyers:  I will ship by USPS Media Mail or by USPS Priority Mail, your choice.  Please note that if you have a Military Mail address (e.g. APO), I must ask that you choose USPS Priority Mail as it is my understanding that USPS Media Mail is not reliable to Military Mail addresses.
    Attention International Buyers:  Unfortunately, it appears that international shipping from the US (via the USPS) has become unreliable, because of the pandemic.  Therefore, I have decided to remove the international shipping option.  You are still welcome to bid on this item, but will need to supply a shipping address in the US.  I'm sorry for the inconvenience.  Thank you for your understanding.