PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY WITH GENERAL FORREST

Description: 1861 TO 1865 PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY BY AN “OLD JOHNNIE” CAPTAIN JAMES DINKINS Illustrated by L.T. Dickinson of Chattanooga MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. Sharp, Bright, Clean, Solidly, New Book Wonderfully Illustrated with Portraits and Sketches ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1897, THIS IS A 1975 REPRINT BY THE PRESS OF MORNINGSIDE BOOKSHOP Out-of-Print and No-Longer Available by the Publisher - Last Copy This wonderful book is the lively, first-hand account and reminiscences of a Confederate soldier who enlisted in Company C of the 18th Mississippi at the tender age of sixteen and fought in nearly every major battle of the Civil War. His recollection of service under General Nathan Bedford Forrest is of special interest. James Dinkins served in Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, for the first two years of the war, seeing action at Leesburg, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg and the famous River crossing at Fredericksburg. His memoirs are particularly valuable in view of the fact that very few published accounts of any substance exist for this renowned fighting unit. Promoted to Lieutenant of Cavalry in April 1863, while he was still eighteen, he then returned to Mississippi to serve as aide-de-camp to General James R. Chalmers. When Chalmers’ command became part of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry in January 1864, Dinkins thereafter had the opportunity to closely observe the great charismatic Confederate leader as he participated in most of Forrest’s raids and campaigns throughout the rest of the war. As Dinkins himself wrote, “Any man who can show that he was with Forrest the last year and a half of the war is no ordinary man, you can depend on that.” Describing himself as “the Little Confederate”, Dinkins’ narrative is written wonderfully and describes the men and events around him. He was in the first battle of the war and in very nearly the last. When the “Bonnie Blue Flag” was furled after the surrender of General Lee and Johnston, he finally gave his parole at Gainesville, Alabama, where General Richard Taylor surrendered his department of which Dinkins was still serving. He had served through the entire war, from the beginning to the end, the first half in Virginia and Maryland, and the last in Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. THIS BOOK IS IN MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine-condition book. The book is out-of-print by the publisher; last copy. It is clean, sharp, bright and solidly bound with no shortcomings. The book is loaded with photos and illustrations. A wonderful, new book, this is an extraordinary Confederate memoir from a young soldier that fought through the entire war. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

Price: 85 USD

Location: Burke, Virginia

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