Time and Rebellion, Huntsville, AL, Jan. 1st, 1864.
Unrecorded Alabama Union Broadside: A Hoosier Soldier's Poetic Assessment of the War & General Grant [Civil War, American]. Time and Rebellion. Huntsville, AL, Jan. 1st, 1864. 14-1/2" x 9" (36.8 x 22.8 cm) broadside. text in three columns of poetic verse, enclosed within a classic decorative woodcut border positioned below the primary headline. Printed on fragile, mid-war paper stock; small edge chips and light tanning along margins, consistent with temporary campaign printing, but text fully intact and legible. $1,500. **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** * An apparently unrecorded, privately printed Union campaign broadside issued at Huntsville, Alabama, on New Year's Day 1864, offering a soldier's poetic chronicle of the war's progress and predicting ultimate victory under General Ulysses S. Grant. In late 1863 and early 1864, Huntsville, Alabama, served as a crucial strategic hub for Union forces following its re-occupation by Federal troops under Brigadier General George Crook and major elements of the Army of the Tennessee. Operating deep within Confederate territory, Indiana ("Hoosier") regiments-including troops attached to Grant's western campaigns-were stationed in and around the town to secure supply lines and maintain Northern control. This broadside presents a rare, hyper-local artifact of soldier literary culture printed directly in the occupied South. Rather than standard official military orders, it captures the authentic voice, morale, and political outlook of an experienced Union infantryman looking ahead to the war's final phase in early 1864. Directly beneath the title sits a lengthy, satirical, and fiercely patriotic biographical preamble: "Written by a soldier in General Grant's army and of veteran notoriety. In 1861 he received a commission as 'high private' in the rear ranks of a Hoosier Regiment, and having been so faithful and unretiring in his country's cause, the War Department has renewed his commission for another three years. This unequaled poem was not intended for the public perusal of the whole world, but fearing some 'General Order' might have it sent to the War Department, Washington, for future investigation, its author consented to 'hand it over' in all its original magnificence." The author's self-deprecating refere.
Price: $1,500.00
Book number 87101