[Tennessee]:

$1,100 · Offered by William Reese Company

REGULATIONS ADOPTED FOR THE PROVISIONAL FORCE OF THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS, TOGETHER WITH THE ACT OF TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE OF 1861, ORGANIZING SAID PROVISIONAL ... A scarce early Confederate imprint relating to regulations for the Tennessee state army, organized by Gov. Isham Harris in the spring and early summer of 1861. It was a short-lived title for the state army; as soon as Tennessee seceded in late summer, the state forces were turned over to the command of the Confederate government. The rules, regulations, proceedings, and forms contained in the work are, of course, based on similar, corresponding examples in regulation books published by the United States military. The plate illustrates the organization of a camp of a regiment of infantry on the recto, and the same for five squadrons of cavalry on the verso. The last section, an addenda prints the "Act to Raise, Organize and Equip a Provisional Force, and for other purposes" passed in the Tennessee state legislature on May 6, 1861. Tennessee was gearing up for the Great Civil War.This copy belonged to Col. George Henderson Monsarrat, head of the Ordnance Department of Tennessee in 1861, evidenced by his signature on the front pastedown. Colonel Monsarrat was a prominent Memphis citizen and businessman. According to the PUBLIC LEDGER, Monsarrat was "a citizen of Memphis fifteen years, and was always a leading spirit in public enterprises and every measure that promoted the general weal of the community."From his obitua

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