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A LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES
— Less than 40 copies remaining!
—Bound in select leather
and fine bookcloth —Laid-in Manuscript Page —Tipped-in
Photograph
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FOURTEEN
HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE DAYS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
(Manuscript
Edition)
by
William W. Heartsill
Wilmington:
Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1988. 336 pages; 85 photos &
illustrations; tipped-in photograph; laid-in manuscript page;
3 new maps; type entirely reset; index; bound in select
leather and fine bookcloth;
8 1/2 x 11
A
LIMITED, NUMBERED EDITION OF 150 COPIES! Just a
few copies left!
- .W.
W. Heartsill's 1491
Days in the Confederate Army
is one of the most unusual narratives of its kind ever
printed. Using an Octavo Novelty Press, Heartsill printed the
book himself after the war during his spare time while working
at his grocery store. Setting and printing one page at a time,
it took seven months to complete the 265-page book. The result
was a first edition of only 100 copies and a promise from the
author-printer never to attempt the feat again. True to his
word, Heartsill's book is one of the rarest of Civil War
books. Only 13 of the now priceless originals still exist. For
students of military campaigns, this book will be a
disappointment. Heartsill's unit, the W.P. Lane Rangers of
Texas, only participated in one engagement and that resulted
in the capture of the entire command. Heartsill did, however,
fight in the Battle of Chickamauga and his account of that
bloody battle is probably the most stirring section of the
book. The true value of 1491
Days
is Heartsill's treatment of everyday life in the Confederacy,
particularly west of the Mississippi River. Lane's Rangers
spent the first year of the war patrolling the Texas frontier
against Indian raids. Encountering only one sickly Apache
woman during their entire stay on the frontier, the Texans
yearned for duty against Yankees. Their transfer to Arkansas
Point only resulted in more frustration. Shortly after
arriving, they were captured with the rest of the garrison
when the post fell to the Union Army. Following this disaster,
Heartsill and his companions were shipped to Camp Butler as
prisoners of war. Exchanged in 1863, the Rangers were assigned
to various units in Bragg's Army of Tennessee. It was during
this service that Heartsill participated in the Battle of
Chickamauga. Resenting the "consolidation" of his
unit and thoroughly detesting Bragg, Heartsill, along with
many of his fellow Rangers, deserted. While making his way
back to Texas, he gives an interesting account of everyday
life in battle-scarred Tennessee and Mississippi. Reuniting
with Lane's Rangers in Texas, Heartstill spent the remainder
of the war guarding Union prisoners at Camp Ford in Tyler,
Texas. He thus had the unique experience of being both a
prisoner and a prison guard during the war. One unusal feature
of 1491
Days
are the photographs Heartsill accumulated for his book. Asking
his fellow Rangers to submit photographs of themselves,
Heartsill reproduced 100 copies of the 60 he received. Lacking
a better method, he pasted them down, four to a page, with the
name of each man printed below his photograph. Also included
in 1491
Days
are the service records of each member of Lane's Rangers and
several photocopies of two camp newspapers printed by the
Rangers during their service on the Texas frontier. Thousands
of books have been written about the Civil War. Among them are
a few that need to be reprinted once every 20 to 30 years for
a new generation of readers. This narrative is one of those
books.
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__Paul
V. Chiles, Civil War News.
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Laid
into each volume is a sheet from the original manuscript,
both sides written entirely in Heartsill's hand. Bound
by hand using select goatskin imported from England and fine
Italian bookcloth. Binding designed and crafted by
Michael A. Hogle. Cover stamped in gold. Extra
illustrated with an oversized
tipped-in photograph of Captain Sam Richardson in his
leapard-skin britches,
plus three Civil War maps by Heartsill never before
published. All original photographs reproduced.
Printed on Mohawk Superfine 70 lb. white-smooth, acid-free
paper. Type entirely reset and enlarged. Complete
new index.
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ISBN
0-916107-60-4
Regular
hard cover edition $30
ISBN
0-916107-17-5
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