Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle. Three Months in the Southern States: April-June 1863. New York: John Bradburn, 1864. 

8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Rebound. Modern morocco, spine gilt-lettered. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Coulter 175; Howes F-361; Nevins I, p. 91; Sabin 25832.

Provenance: Marshall D. Krolick Collection

One of the most important Confederate travelogues, written by Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle (1835-1901), who visited as a war tourist. A veteran of the Coldstream Guards, Fremantle was a career military officer who came to the Confederate States in 1863 to observe the ongoing Civil War. Landing in Brownsville, Texas, he traveled across Texas and Louisiana (via Shreveport) across the Deep South by rail, eventually reading the Confederate capital in Richmond. He joined Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and was present at the Battle of Gettysburg. 

Nevins remarks that the work is "fully deserving of its reputation as the best commentary on the wartime South by an English visitor." Coulter writes extensively on the work, noting that the "account is readable and incisive. This Englishman was in sympathy with the Confederacy but did not fail to record some uncomplimentary observations. He was much impressed by what he saw in Texas as shown by the large amount of attention he gave the Texans in his book. He had great admiration for the Confederate soldiers and spoke with respect of the Confederate leaders whom he met...He observed not only the military situation, but was also impressed by the patriotism of the masses, especially of the women...a well-considered, reliable account of what an observant and intelligent Englishman saw during a three-months journey from one end of the Confederacy to the other. " 

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