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Self-published, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. Thick Large Octavo. Ex-library with usual markings, card pocket remnant rear..

1947. PIERREPONT, Alice V. D. Reuben Vaughan Kidd: Soldier of the Confederacy. Petersburg, VA: Violet Bank, [1947]. 1st ed. xii,462pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Jacket rubbed, some wear to front hinge of d/j, minor speckling to cloth, else a very good copy. "Many good letters by soldiers in the 4th Alabama" Nevins I, p. 146. Dornbusch II, 27. Kidd served as captain of Co. A, 4th Alabama Infantry. He was killed at Chickamauga.

PIERREPONT, Alice V. D. Reuben Vaughan Kidd: Soldier of the Confederacy. Petersburg, VA: Violet Bank, [1947]. 1st ed. xii,462 pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Spine panel of d/j lightly sunned, some wear to d/j, else very good. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper. Laid in is a typed carbon letter from Pierrepont about the book. "Many good letters by soldiers in the 4th Alabama" Nevins I, p.146. Dornbusch II, 27. Kidd served as captain of Co. A., 4th. Alabama Infantry. He was killed at Chickamauga.

Petersburg, Virginia: McClure Printing Company, 1947. xii, 462 pages. 8vo. Illustrated by two black and white photographic portraits of Kidd and numerous portraits of others. First edition. Nevins I, p. 146. Dornbusch II, 27. The book is SIGNED, without inscription, on the title page by the author. A remarkably detailed biography and genealogy of a little-known Confederate soldier from Selma, Alabama. Reuben Vaughan Kidd (1839-1863) joined Company A of the 4th Alabama Infantry as a 2nd Sergeant on April 26, 1861. He saw military action at South Mountain and Sharpsburg, was later elected lieutenant and captain by soldiers in his company, led his company in battle at Gettysburg, and was killed in action at Chickamauga on September 19, 1863. Pierrepont relied heavily upon letters written by other members of Company A and the detailed letters written by Kidd himself. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with slight color rubbing along edges of the red cloth covered boards;… Read More