Description
Signed second edition of Pickett and His Men by LaSalle Corbell Pickett, wife of Confederate General George Pickett.
Octavo, xiii, 439pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Stated “Second Edition” on title page. Slight bowing to covers, lightly toned cloth, some wear to tips. Small marks to dyed top edge. (Dornbusch II: 3050) Signed on the front free endpaper “For Senator Wm. A. Harris – With the compliments of the Author – LaSalle Corbell Pickett – If the flower of memory which I lovingly plant on the grave of the dead shall bloom to cheer the heart of the living I am content. Page 422”
Pickett and His Men is LaSalle Corbell Pickett’s first published work, initiating a thirty-year career of lecture tours, eleven additional books, and pieces written for magazines like Cosmopolitan and McClure’s. Her husband, George Pickett, was a Confederate General in the Civil War. Pickett was one of the commanders of the infamous Pickett’s Charge, the costly Confederate offensive front on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Kansas Senator William A. Harris (1841-1909), the recipient of this copy, served in the Confederate Army but deserted after the loss at Gettysburg. Harris held political offices from 1893-1903, after which he pursued various agricultural interests.
