Gray cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book has only very light wear and aging. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down. Book is square and binding is secure. Jacket has some wear, scuff, chips and tears but is still presentable. It is G + - VG-. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 151 pages; Warren Akin was from Cassville in Northwest Georgia. He served in the Confederate Congress and moved to Cartersville after the Civil War. His letters, mostly to his wife, are a personal record of the Confederate Government and of civilian life during the war..