Memoir of John Yates Beall: His Life; Trial; Correspondence, Diary; and Private Manuscript Found Among His Papers, Including His Own Account of the Raid on Lake Erie.
Montreal: John Lovell, 1865. 297 pp. Hardcover in original blindstamped boards, with tissue guarded frontispiece of John Yates Beall. The front board has some stains, wear and loss to the edges. The rear board also has some stains and wear with wear to the edges. The spine has some loss to the cloth at top and bottom. Gilt title is legible, binding is tight and pages are relatively clean. Previous owner inscription on front pastedown.
An account of the life of John Yates Beall, together with several of his own writings, that focuses on the raid carried out by him and his group of Confederate Navy irregulars on Lake Erie in late 1864, and his resulting trial and execution. Beall and his men had hoped to free Confederate prisoners held by the Union at Johnson's Island off the coast of Ohio, but succeeded only in sinking several nearby boats. After Beall was captured, he was tried for sabotage in January 1865, sentenced to hang, and executed on February 24, 1865 after President Lincoln refused to commute his death sentence. HOWES L546. DORNBUSCH II:2579. NEVINS I, p.228. Item #100554
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