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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 544

Civil War. Hood, John Bell: Advance and Retreat. Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate States Armies. New Orleans, published for the Hood Orphan Memorial Fund, G.T. Beauregard, 1880. 8vo, ¾ leather covers, maps and tables, 358pp. In this memoir, CSA General Hood justifies his wartime actions and seeks to correct his unfavorable portrayal in Sherman's memoir. Hood settled in New Orleans after the war becoming a cotton broker and then running an insurance company. He was very active in the city as a fundraiser for orphans, widows and wounded soldiers - the proceeds of this book went toward his philanthropy. Scattered foxing, notably front and back pages, pencil notation inside cover, decent spine About Very Good.

Estimate
$175 to $250