[Confederate General William H. Payne's copy] STONEWALL JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (2 Volumes, Complete)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1898. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xviii, 550, 32 (ads); [8], 641 pp., frontis, port, maps. First edition. In publisher's red cloth; all portraits and maps are present. Some conservation work has been performed, including mending all the inner hinges, discreetly lining the joints and backstrips from behind and mending all the inner hinges so that these volumes are quite strong despite the conservation work being very subtle; spines sunned; light soiling to the covers; contents are intermittently foxed.

This copy belonged to Confederate General William H. Payne and has his name in ink on both half-title and his name stamp on both title pages. Additionally, under Payne's inked name on the half titles is a pencil name of Harry F. Payne, surely General Payne's son. This set is from the library maintained by the Hunton family and the pencil underlining, marginal bracketing, and marginalia is believed to be that of Eppa Hunton IV, Payne's grandson. Nevins notes that Henderson's "well-done study" was issued in no fewer than 18 editions. And that "while not achieving impartiality on Jackson, Henderson viewed the war with a detached objectivity" CWB II, 62. Robert Krick writes of this, "Colonel Henderson's ground-breaking biography strides through Jackson's life with an unapologetically military approach. The author's extensive correspondence with surviving members of his subject's staff, and with other Confederate veterans, buttresses his narrative and his conclusions" In Taller Cotton 106. While frequently reprinted, the first London edition is uncommon, all the more so with such a notable association. Howes H-408 "aa