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First edition of one of the first published Southern accounts of the Battle of First Manassas: The Battle of Young's Branch; or, Manassas Plain, Fought July 21, 1861, with Maps of the Battle Field, by T. B. Warder & Jas. M. Catlett. First edition. Richmond, VA: Enquirer Book and Job Press, 1862. Bound in the publisher's yellow wrappers, 4 x 6.25, 156 pages. Complete with the folded map of the Centerville-Manassas, Virginia, area in the front, identified as "Map of the country occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861." A larger fold-out topographical battlefield map of the Bull Run area is between pages 72 and 73.
The preface outlines the three goals of the book: to understand the movements of the armies, to excite the spirit of patriotism of the South, and to allow the average soldier to trace his regiment in the battle. Page 7-76 provides an overview of the battle and reports what each Confederate regiment did. Page 77-78 is a poem titled "An Incident" by M.L. Whitten, the chaplain of the 9th Alabama regiment. Page 79-96 is a copy of General P.G.T. Beauregard's official report. Page 97-114 is the official report of the battle by General Joseph E. Johnston. Page 115-156 is a copy of Beauregard's initial report of the battle.
In good to very good condition, with edge tears and splits to the first map, spine reinforced with archival tissue, and creasing and soiling to wrappers.
