Manual of instruction for the volunteers and militia of the Confederate States
Richmond VA: West & Johnson, 1862. 8vo, pp. 559, [1]; 87 plates, 7 of them folding; original publisher's burgundy cloth; spine sunned, corners bumped, occasional light offsetting on plates, very good. A difficult book to find in decent condition. Gilham was a Confederate colonel and instructor at West Point and the Virginia Military Institute. His Manual of instruction was written at the behest of Virginia Governor Wise as a response to the raid of Harper's Ferry and became a popular work, with imprints in the Union territories of Philadelphia in addition to the south. First published in 1861, this edition includes 82 plates not present in the first edition, mostly of formations but including some equipment and drills. Crandall, Confederate Imprints 2419. Item #54419
Price: $2,250.00
