Known as the "Terror of the Chesapeake," Captain John Yates Beall - son of a prominent Virginia family - practiced the same variety of warfare on the seas as his counterparts Mosby and Morgan did on horseback, and wreaked the same sort of havoc until he was finally captured and hanged as a spy just two months before the war ended. Out of print for many years until now,
Memoirs of Service With John Yates Beall, C.S.N.
offers a close-up and humanizing look at a forgotten member of the South's arsenal of partisan fighters. Originally published in 1910 in limited numbers and on extremely acidic paper, W.W. Baker's memoir in its original form is nearly impossible to obtain.
This newly published softbound edition of
retains the author's original words and intentions, with only the correction of minor typographical errors here and there. Also included are the original volume's two photographs of Baker, plus the addition of a photograph taken of John Yates Beall just hours before he was executed.