1861 CIVIL WAR BIBLE. Presented 10 Days After Commencement of Hostilities. Soldiers Senses Death. Civil War entered the home and stabbed

entered the home and stabbed

textually complete with some scattered foxing

Is better again now

and imposing folio of the "Practical Works" of Richard Baxter

With Stonewall Jackson in Camp - My Confederate Memories [lengthy series by Mrs

1861 CIVIL WAR BIBLE. Presented 10 Days After Commencement of Hostilities. Soldiers Senses Death. Civil War entered the home and stabbedA very interesting little item from the opening days of the Civil War. A pocket sized wallet style New Testament presented to George R. Bell on the day he enlisted in the Union Army. He received the Bible on April 22, 1861, just 10 days after the commencement of hostilities. On the final two leaves, he scrawls a note indicating that if he should be found "ded," the present should be sent back to his family in New Jersey, etc., On the ffep is an