- Roger A. Pryor, Confederate Brigadier General, 3 rd Virginia Infantry, U.S. Congressman from Virginia (prior to Civil War), New York Supreme Court Justice - Essays and Addresses With Explanatory Notes, by Roger A. Pryor, New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1912, First Edition, Inscribed copy. Hardcover. 12mo. [1], 262 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the author. Dark cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Front and rear hinges are slightly cracked. Cloth head of the spine is chipped and wrinkled. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Armorial bookplate of John Rutledge Abney on the front paste down. Inscribed by the author on the right front flyleaf "To Hon. John R. Abney with regards of the author. Roger A. Pryor 26th New York 1915". Address titles include "Independence of the South"; General Grant Anniversary; Influence of Virginia in the Formation of the Federal Constitution", and more. Krick 405. Good. From wikipedia: Roger Atkinson Pryor (July 19, 1828 - March 14, 1919) was a Virginian newspaper editor and politician who became known for his fiery oratory in favor of secession; he was elected both to national and Confederate office, and served as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He entered the Confederate army as colonel of the 3rd Virginia Infantry Regiment.[6] He was promoted to brigadier general on April 16, 1862. His brigade fought in the Peninsula Campaign and at Second Manassas, where it became detached in the swirling fighting and temporarily operated under Stonewall Jackson. Pryor's command initially consisted of the 2nd Florida, 14th Alabama, 3rd Virginia, and 14th Louisiana. During the Seven Days Battles, the 1st (Coppens') Louisiana Zouave Battalion was temporarily attached to it. Afterwards, the Louisianans departed and Pryor received two brand-new regiments; the 5th and 8th Florida Infantry. As a consequence, it became known as "The Florida Brigade". At Antietam on September 17, 1862, he assumed command of Anderson's Division in Longstreet's Corps when Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson was wounded. Pryor proved inept as a division commander, and Union troops flanked his position, causing them to fall back in disorder. As a result, he did not gain a permanent higher field command from the Confederate president. Following his adequate performance at the Battle of Deserted House, later in 1863 Pryor resigned his commission and his brigade was broken up, its regiments being reassigned to other commands. In August of that year, he enlisted as a private and scout in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment under General Fitzhugh Lee. Pryor was captured on November 28, 1864, and confined in Fort Lafayette in New York as a suspected spy. After several months, he was released on parole by order of President Lincoln and returned to Virginia. CSA War Clerk and diarist, John B. Jones, mentioned Pryor in his April 9, 1865, entry from Richmond, VA, "Roger A. Pryor is said to have remained voluntarily in Petersburg, and announces his abandonment of the Confederate States cause." In 1865 he moved to New York City to remake his life, and in 1868 brought up his family. He was among a number of influential southerners in the North who became known as "Confederate carpetbaggers." He became the law partner of General Benjamin F. Butler.