Hancock's Diary: or, A History of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry, with Sketches of First and Seventh Battalions
Also, Portraits and Biographical Sketches. Two volumes in One. Nashville: Brandon Printing Company, 1887.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 17-644 pages. Frontispiece steel engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Sketched portrait of Sergeant R. R. Hancock, Co. C. precedes page 17. Illustrated with 18 more portraits. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the spine. Crack to the front hinge. A vertical damp stain on the back side of the Forrest engraved portrait. Light edge wear to cloth extremities.
In Tall Cotton; Howes H 151; Nevins I page 100 - "A voluminous record that includes much material from printed sources and the author's comrades; Hancock took part in the alleged "Fort Pillow Massacre." Good. Item #14102
Price: $500.00