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[CIVIL WAR]. COKER, James Lide (1837-1918). History of Company G Ninth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army and of Company E, Sixth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army. Prepared and Published by Request of the Survivors of These Companies. Charleston, SC: Press of Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1899. [2 blank], 210, [4, blank] pp. Publisher’s full gray cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine and board-edges toned, foxed, soiled, and worn, front hinge starting, text toned and occasionally soiled and with occasional pencil notes). Very good. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS HISTORICAL MEMOIR. Coker served in the Confederate Army and saw combat at First and Second Manassas, the Battle at Malvern Hill, Harper’s Ferry and Antietam. After being wounded, Coker became a successful businessman, eventually founding the Sonoco Products Company and Coker College. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy.