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Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing, 1893. Ephemera. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Bound with board on back and clear protector on front. Age-darkened pages with soiling on front and on a few pages in back. Some wear to page edges. ; Text of laudatory speech about Confederate Civil War officer delivered by an associate justice of the supreme court of North Carolina. Ex-Library; 9.25" tall. 41 pages.

Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton, 1893. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, printed gray wraps, very good, light wear and soil. 41 pp. Daniel Harvey Hill was a Confederate general. "He was known as an aggressive leader, being severely strict, deeply religious and having dry, sarcastic humor. He was brother-in-law to Stonewall Jackson, a close friend to both James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, but disagreements with both Robert E. Lee and Braxton Bragg cost him favor with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Although his military ability was well respected, he was underutilized by the end of the Civil War on account of these political feuds."--wikipedia.

Edwards and Broughton, Raleigh, NC, 1893. Paperback. Good. 8vo, paperback. Good condition. Staplebound. Missing wrappers. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding still integral. 41 pp.

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1893. First. Wraps bound into boards. Xlib with nearly all the faults.. Front wrap tattered and taped, but nearly all present.. See photo. However, the text is very good and nicely bound./No Jacket.. This a copy of a speech given by Avery, a NC Supreme Court judge on the date given. Very little is found on Hill who gained Lieutenant General rank in the Confederate Army. He was Stonewall's brother-in law and good friends with Joe Johnston and James Longstreet. He had great abilities and was well respected, but he was underutilized by the end of the Civil War because of political feuds with Davis and Lee. The author served in the "Bloody Sixth" North Carolina and was on Hill's staff for a period.

Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1893. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 41 pages, [1] page blank. Brown stitched wraps with title on the front cover. Edge chips to the covers and to the last leave (page 41).