“5,000 copies issued. Originally published in the Columbia Daily Phoenix. A special edition was printed on bank-note paper, interleaved, very rare. An account of the capture of the South Carolina capital by great Southern author.”
“May 1865. South Carolina. The trail of destruction across South Carolina described by an ex-Confederate soldier, immediately after the end of combat.”
“Pollard's position as editor of the Richmond EXAMINER placed within his reach a mass of authentic material which was not accessible to any other Southern writer.”