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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. A deeply human visual record of the Confederate soldier, pairing rare photographic portraits with meticulously researched biographical narratives. Moving beyond the grand movements of generals, this work focuses on the individual 'faces' of the warusing carte de visite photography to anchor stories of personal struggle, identity, and the reality of the Southern enlistee. This copy is in gift-quality condition, providing a compelling blend of 19th-century portraiture and modern scholarship. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Heavily illustrated with photographic portraits of soldiers, many previously unpublished. +++ Content: Combines military biography with social history, utilizing letters, diaries, and official pension records. +++ Imprint: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. [First Edition / First Printing]. +++ Specs: 8.75 inches tall / 288 pages including Chapter Notes, Bibliography, and Index. +++ Binding: Original cloth in a crisp, unclipped dust jacket. CONDITION Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket -- An unopened and unread copy. Gift quality with only the slightest hint of shelf handling to the jacket edges. Internally pristine. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Ronald Coddington is the preeminent authority on the "Faces" of the Civil War, specializing in the "Carte de Visite"the small, affordable photographic cards that allowed soldiers to send their likenesses home. His work at Johns Hopkins University Press transformed how these artifacts are used, moving them from anonymous curiosities to documented historical witnesses. This specific volume serves as an essential documentary of the Confederate rank-and-file. It provides a rare bridge between the art of early photography and the gritty biographical data found in military archives, making it a cornerstone for those studying the individual human cost of the conflict. SUBJECTS: American Civil War, Confederate Soldiers, Southern History, Military Biography, 19th Century Photography,llustrated, Military History, Biography.…