The story of my service in the Army of the Confederacy in the war between the States : typescript, 1933 / [by] C. A. DeSaussure.

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The story of my service in the Army of the Confederacy in the war between the States : typescript, 1933 / [by] C. A. DeSaussure.

A typescript autobiography by DeSaussure dated June 1st, 1933, from Memphis, Tenn., with his signature on p. 1 of cover, and stating that this is his personal copy.

1 item (16 leaves) ; 26.5 x 21.5 cm.

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Princeton University Library

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Confederate States of America. Army. Beaufort Vounteer Artillery Corps.

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DeSaussure, Charles Alfred, 1846-

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Charles Alfred DeSaussure was born on 21 September 1846 into a prominent Huguenot family of South Carolina. His mother was Jane Hay Hutson, the second wife of Louis McPherson DeSaussure. His father owned a 780-acre plantation known as Woodstock in Beaufort County, S.C. Charles lived at Woodstock for part of the year and spent the other part at the family's summer home in the pinelands of McPhersonville, S.C. When Charles was eleven, his father sold the summer home and bought another one in the t...