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[CIVIL WAR]. [NAPIER, Bartlett (1836-1877)]. A Soldier’s Story of the War; Including the Marches and Battles of the Washington Artillery, and of Other Louisiana Troops. New Orleans: Clark & Hofeline, 1874. 8vo. 259, [1, blank], [2, Complete Roll of Fenner’s Louisiana Battery], [1, appendix], [1, blank], 13, [1, blank], [36, short stories], [1, blank], [6, ads] pp. With an ad for “Single Number Lottery!” affixed to rear pastedown. Publisher’s full blue pebbled cloth, front board decoratively stamped in gilt (skilfully rebacked in blue cloth, some color correction to boards, some rubbing to boards, ffep missing, some offsetting to endleaves (in the case of the front leaves, it is the pastedown and the first blank), some toning to text). Near fine. With a book binder’s ticket (“Owen Gernon, Book Binder… New Orleans, Louisiana”) and the inkstamp of New Orleans bookseller Chas. Roche, both of which are on the front pastedown. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS ARTILLERY UNIT. Before and after the war, Napier served in Louisiana’s elite Washington Artillery, and fought in several battles in Virginia and the East. This is an insightful account of his experiences and a fascinating history. Howes B206 “aa” (“Both editions issued also without plates. Pagination often varies.”) Dornbusch II, 410. Coulter 18. Nevins I, p. 55: “A highly reliable, even-tempered account of the war in Virginia by a member of the famed Washington Artillery; especially good for camp scenes.”