1926 Absalom Grimes: Confederate Mail Runner, 1st Ed HB, Yale University Press

Author: Grimes, Absalom CarlisleTitle: Absalom Grimes : Confederate Mail Runner : Edited from Captain Grimes' Own Story By M M Quaife, of The Burton Historical CollectionPublication: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1926.Edition: First Edition; First Printing, Binding: HardcoverCondition: Very Good with no dust jacket. Description: Owner's emboss, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Civil War narrative by Captain Grimes of his Civil War experiences fighting with Confederate soldiers from Missouri. "Voluntarily he constituted himself mail carrier extraordinary between Missouri's Confederate battalions in the Southland and their distant relatives at home. Repeatedly he "ran the lines" between the two armies, incurring, whenever he entered the Union lines, the peril of apprehension as a spy. Repeatedly he was imprisoned and twice was sentenced to death." - Historical Introduction by Milo M Quaife. C E Dornbusch; Military Bibliography of the Civil War; II-2761.; xii, 216 pages.