Chris and Valerie Combs
Fine Art

“The Grayjackets: and How They Lived, Fought and Died, For Dixie. By a Confederate. Published by Jones Brothers & Co., Richmond, VA. 1867. Rare. 1st edition. Illustrated. Original pink/violet cover with gold-gilt lettering on front cover has soiling and wear. Spine is yellowed. Four corners have spots of cover-board exposed. Chipping on top and bottom of spine. End pages have aging. Pencil writing on front end-pages. Black and white frontispiece illustrations of Robert E. Lee and J. E. Johnston, loose. Text pages mostly clean, some have light soiling, several are loose. Illustrated with pullout maps: Map of the Valley of Virginia, 8 ¼ by 11 inches. Map of Northern Virginia, 8 ¼ by 11 inches. Map of territory occupied by the Confederate Army, 8 ¼ by 11 inches, as well as approx. 3 pull-out pictures of soldiers;;8 by 9 ¼ inches. Actual size of book: 5 ¾ by 8 ¾ inches. 574 pages. This book was written to “tell simply and truthfully the story of the daring, the sufferings, and heroic fortitude of the people and soldiers of the South, and at the same time recall to mind the wit and humor, the quaint sayings and the rough camp jests by which those dark and trying days were wont to be enlivened.” Rare. 1st edition. American History.