Advance and Retreat John Bell Hood 1880 1st Ed Civil War Confederate Memoir

  

Advance and Retreat By John Bell Hood 1880 First Edition - New Orleans Imprint. Confederate General John Bell Hood's post-Civil War memoir, published in New Orleans in 1880 under the auspices of the Hood Orphan Memorial Fund. Written in defense of his leadership during the Atlanta and Tennessee campaigns, the work remains one of the most debated firsthand Confederate accounts of the Civil War. Hood Orphan Memorial Fund / G.

Original publisher's cloth binding. Condition A solid and well-preserved example for an 1880 Civil War memoir. Original cloth binding with light, even age wear. Minor rubbing and surface marks to boards. Spine firm and square; hinges sound.

Text block complete and well bound. Pages show expected toning and light foxing.

No loose or missing pages observed. A desirable original Southern imprint and a key Confederate memoir, increasingly difficult to find in stable, unrestored condition. Frontispiece portrait includes printed facsimile signature as issued.