General Thomas Clingman Memoirs Submitted to the Land We Love Magazine with Signed Letter to the Publisher

A boxed display of an original Southern magazine called the Land We Love with a submission of General Thomas Clingman's memoirs printed shortly after the war with two signed letters by the general to the magazine editor General Hill. The letters are framed in double sided glass with both sides of the letter exposed to read. His signatures are clear and original. The first edition paper back magazine is wrapped in plastic, well preserved, and a second more recent book about his brigade's exploits is included. He was a well respected soldier who saw much action.

The Land We Love was an American little magazine. It was founded in May 1866 by Daniel Harvey Hill, a former Confederate general, who edited it until March 1869. The eponymous land was the Southland, and the magazine recounted the South's story of the American Civil War, communicating "a hatred of the North", according to Frank Luther Mott. Hill wrote much of the material; other contributors included Thomas Clingman and other notable characters.

Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812 – November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861. During the Civil War, he refused to resign his Senate seat and was one of the many southern senators subsequently expelled from the Senate in absentia. He then served as a general in the Confederate States Army.

When he first entered the War, Clingman was the commander of the 25th North Carolina Infantry and took part in the Peninsula Campaign. He later commanded a brigade of infantry. Clingman's Brigade consisted of the 8th, 31st, 51st and 61st North Carolina Infantry. Clingman's Brigade fought at Goldsborough, Battery Wagner, Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Globe Tavern, Fort Fisher, and Bentonville.

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