Three Months in the Southern States by Fremantle 1864 RARE Civil War Book Texas

  

Rare Civil WAR book published in 1864 - Fully deserving of its reputation as the best commentary on the wartime South by an English visitor. First American edition then published in Alabama.

Arthur Lyon Fremantle was a 19th-century British army officer known for his witness and role in the American Civil War, particularly the Battle of Gettysburg. While not a part of either the Confederate or Union armies, Fremantle kept a neutral perspective of the war, writing his thoughts and experiences in a journal which was later published after the war.

During a three-month tour of the South, Fremantle visited Texas and many deep south communities which was the basis for journal, published under the title Three Months in the Southern States. Title: Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. Published by John Bradburn: New York; 1864. 7.25in X 5.25in.