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Hardcover in publisher’s dust-jacket. 343 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrated with 17 photographs and 4 maps. Presumed book club edition with no price on dust-jacket flap, albeit no slug on lower rear cover also. First edition thus. The longest serving officer on General Lee’s headquarters staff, Walter Talyor served with Lee “virtually without interruption during the entire Civil War.” The 114 letters compiled herein not only present a microcosm of the military history of the Army of Northern Virginia but provide a window into the social, religious and political concerns of the period. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, unread and like new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.