THE LOST CAUSE; A NEW SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE CONFEDERATES CONTAINING A FULL AND AUTHNENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE LATE SOUTHERN CONFDERACY - THE CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, INCIDENTS, AND ADVENTURES OF THE MOST GIGANTIC STRUGGLE OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY. DRAWN FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES, AND APPROVED BY THE MOST DISTINGUISHED CONFEDERATE LEADERS

Baltimore, Maryland: E.B. TREAT & CO, 1866. Leather-bound. Good Plus. Royal Octavo. Full speckled leather with contrasting title label to spine. Front board hinges repaired and tender (and while expertly repaired, owner must always be gentle). Marbled edges. Previous owner's signature - noteworthy Oregon judge J.J.. Walton.

24 Steel Portraits of distinguished Confederate leaders, including: Jefferson Davis, A.H. Stephens, J.P. Benjamin, Henry A. Wise, J.C. Breckenridge, Wm. L. Yancey, J.M. Mason, John Slidell, Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson, P.G.T. Beauregard, R.S. Ewell. A.P. Hill, J. Longstreet, A.S. Johnston, J.E.B. Stuart, Jo. E. Johnston, Braxton Bragg, Kirby Smith, N.B. Forrest, Leonidas Polk, J.B. Hood, W.J. Hardee, John Morgan. Includes testimonials by Gen. Robert E. Lee and others.

This work, comprising nearly 800 pages, could only be "sold only by subscription, and cannot be obtained except through our authorized Traveling Agents..."

Pages bright with only a few showing some light spotting. Book bears the signature, city and date of J.JH. Walton (Eugene City, January 21, 1867)

JUDGE JOSHUA J. WALTON. - This eminent jurist and public leader of [Oregon] April 6, 1838, at Rushville, Illinois. ...after numerous moves, in the fall of 1858 a final removal was made to Eugene City, Oregon. At that beautiful place a permanent home was located; and there Judge Walton resided continuously, with the exception of a short time spent in the Idaho mines.