Rare Confederate Civil War Book

  

A Lieutenant of Cavalry in Lee's Army. Boston: The Gorham Press, 1918. 7 ½ x 5 1/4. Good condition, clean, tight, and unmarked.

There is some spotty color loss on the perimeter of the covers and some toning and edge wear on the spine. Pages 57-64 looks if they were not cut properly when bound both a bit over cut and under cut to allow some wear on the excess paper. Beale enlisted in May of 1861 in Westmoreland County, VA. As a sergeant in the 9th Virginia Cavalry, Company C.

In December of 1862 he was promoted to 2. This is rare one on the engagements of Jeb Stuart's men.