CONFEDERATE NORFOLK - LETTERS OF VIRGINIA LADY TO THE MOBILE REGISTER 1861-1862

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CONFEDERATE NORFOLK - LETTERS OF VIRGINIA LADY TO THE MOBILE REGISTER 1861-1862:
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THE LETTERS OF A VIRGINIA LADY TO THE MOBILE REGISTER
1861-1862
BY WILLIAM STANLEY HOOLE AND ADDIE SHIRLEY HOOLE

FIRST EDITION
FINE – CONDITION
Protected in a clear, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing.

Original, Clean, Tight, Antique Booklet
Fully Referenced

PUBLISHED BY THE CONFEDERATE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ALABAMA, IN 1984

This uncommon, antique booklet presents a collection of letters by a Virginia lady to the Mobile Register during the years 1861 to 1862. Beginning soon after the start of the war, the Third Alabama Infantry was stationed in and around Norfolk, Virginia. The majority of the citizenry of the city were involved in various aspects of the war, as soldiers, sailors, support personnel, blockade runners, or the like. Some were aware of the demand for news from Norfolk and wrote to the Mobile Register to provide details given about the early stages of the war being played out there and that the soldiers in the Third Alabama Regiment were there. One the most intriguing as well as informative was the unidentified lady that signed her name simply as “Virginia”. Her first letter, dated August 13, 1861 and published five days later, revealed that she had in late July written John Forsyth, editor of the Register, offering to contribute a series of letters about the general state of affairs in the Norfolk region, both civilian and military, and most particularly about the doings of the Third Alabama Regiment – and that he had courteously replied, accepting the proposal.

The Third Alabama Regiment, about which “Virginia’s” letters enter, arrived in Norfolk via Lynchburg on May 5, 1861 and remained as defenders for a year, until May 9, 1862 at which time the city was evacuated and given over to the enemy. The regiment was then merged into General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in which is served until the surrender at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865.

“Virginia’s” thirteen letters to the Mobile Register – that is, all that have survived of the nineteen she wrote – constitute an interesting and valuable commentary on the military and civilian life of the besieged City of Norfolk for a period of seven months. They are reprinted, verbatim, here for the first time.

This antique wrap/booklet is in excellent condition. It is clean and tight. It has light aging, but no wear, chipping or tears. The booklet doesn’t have a mark on it; the pages are clean and don’t have a mark on them. The booklet is protected in a clear, acid-free, archival sleeve with paperboard backing. It is fully referenced. An excellent condition, original booklet.
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