Texas Confederate Officer's Inscribed Army Regulations

Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1862 (Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1862), 420 pages, octavo, stiff linen boards, the front pastedown owner-inscribed "Dr. McKie / Capt McKie / Corsicana 1862." An imprinted message from Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin is on the title page. Parrish & Willingham 2361.

Property from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Gimesh, Fayetteville, NC

John W. Spencer's The Confederate Guns of Navarro County (Corsicana: The Texas Press 1986) is illustrated with a plate showing McKie's inscription in the 1862 Regulations offered here. The author goes on to claim that "McKie's cavalry company was one of the toughest in the Trans-Mississippi Dept."

Internal foxing with some losses to the linen on the cover.

$600 - 1,200