DIARY OF EPHRAIM SHELBY DODD: MEMBER OF COMPANY D TERRY’S TEXAS RANGERS, DECEMBER 4, 1862 – JANUARY 1, 1864.
Ephraim Shelby. Dodd
Austin: Press of E. L. Steck, 1914. 32pp. Original blue printed wrappers. First edition. Externally, minor toning. Internally, the pages, uncut and untrimmed, are very clean. Overall, very good. Dodd was a member of Company D when he was arrested, tried, and convicted of espionage. His diary, which he carried with him, was used as evidence against him. Though the diary appears to recount the day-to-day experiences of a young man and soldier, Dodd was convicted on its evidence and hung on January 8th, 1864.