C. Irvine Walker. The Life of Lieutenant General Richard Heron Anderson of the Confederate States Army. Charleston, South Carolina: Art Publishing Company, 1917. 

8vo. Frontispiece portrait. Original publisher's red cloth. FIRST EDITION. Nevins II, p. 97.

INSCRIBED BY HAMPTON 'S LEGION VETERAN BENJAMIN HAMMET TEAGUE to front interior board: "Presented to the Aiken Library by B.H. Teague Maj Gen. Commander, So Ca Division. United Confederate Veterans. March 21st, 1918. Aiken, S.C."

Provenance: Marshall D. Krolick Collection

Richard Heron Anderson (1821-1879) was a South Carolina native and graduate of the United States Military Academy Class of 1842. He served in the western frontier and during the Mexican-American War before resigning his commission and joining the Confederate Army. He commanded Charleston shortly after the capture of Fort Sumter before joining the Army of Northern Virginia, where he saw extensive combat, especially at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House, securing an important position after an all-night march. 

This copy is enhanced by a fine inscription from Benjamin Hammet Teague (1846-1941) of Aiken, South Carolina. At the outbreak of war, he was a 17-year-old student. Undeterred by youth, he mustered into Company B of the South Carolina Hampton Legion Infantry. Serving the entirety of the war, he was present at Lee's surrender at Appomattox. After the war, he was heavily involved in the United Confederate Veterans and evidently served as the Commander of the South Carolina Division. 

Uncommon. Only 2 copies have sold at auction. As Nevins notes, "So few of Anderson's papers survived the war that this inadequate study remains the sole biography." 

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Fading and loss of lettering to spine.