The Privations Of A Private (1St Tennessee Infantry, Csa) Toney, Marcus B. Military,Military History,Unit Histories

SUBTITLED: The Campaign under Gen. R.E. Lee ; The Campaign under Gen. Stonewall Jackson ; Bragg's Invasion of Kentucky ; the Chickamauga Campaign ; the Wilderness Campaign ; Prison Life in the North ; The Privations of a Citizen ; The Ku-Klux Klan ; A United Citizenship. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 133 pgs, portrait frontis and other illustrations. Tan cloth with gilt titled cover. First Edition. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf soiling, else fine. Interior with inked regiment name on cover page, else clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Marcus B. Toney was a slavery partisan who became an early volunteer for Confederate service from his home near Nashville, Tennessee. He served with the First Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the campaigns in West Virginia, at Shiloh, Chickamauga, and the Wilderness, where he was captured. Much of the interest and importance of this volume lie in Toney's sober and detailed reporting of his experiences as a Federal POW, of the war's immediate aftermath, and of the growth and appeal of the Ku Klux Klan directly following its formation. REFERENCES: Dorn II #998; Nevins I pg 169: A light, chatty memoir of service in both major theaters; unique illustrations enhance the slim volume.