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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. Full maroon leathette. xiii, 239 pp., ads. B&W photos and maps. Fine. Marcellus Augustus Stovall was the eldest son of a prominent Augusta cotton merchant. He harbored military ambitions from his youth, but his hopes were seemingly dashed when he was dismissed from West Point in 1837. Nonetheless, he persisted, taking an active role in the prewar Georgia militia. In time, he rose to the rank brigadier general in the Confederate army. He later transcended the social and political turmoil of the Reconstruction to become a successful businessman and civic leader in Augusta. He was held in high esteem by his former comrades in arms who attributed to him a "soul of honor.".

BRAGG, C. L. Distinction in Every Service. Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall, C.S.A. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, [2002]. 1st ed. xiii, 239 pp. Illus., portraits maps. Orig. cloth, d/j. Fine. Biography of Stovall includes his time in Florida during the Seminole War and his post-war career in Reconstruction Georgia as a businessman and civic leader.

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