The Light and Dark of the Rebellion
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1863. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Publisher's patterned cloth; gilt spine title; 303,(2)pp. Spine gilt dulled; mild external wear, with board corners rubbed through; internally clean, tight and unmarked. A solidly VG copy. Original bookseller's ticket - "Leary / Bookseller / 5th & Walnut / Philada." to front pastedown.
A gathering of miscellaneous short Civil War pieces, probably drawn without credit from contemporary newspaper accounts. Decidedly Republican in outlook; includes a few articles relating to African-American citizens and soldiers, including "Kind Words to Africano-Americans," "The Immolation and Redemption of the African Race," and "African Troops - The Future Armies of the Republic." Nevins attributes the work to Charles Edwards Lester, without source or authority. NEVINS II:111.
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