8vo (171 x 110 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. (A few tissue repairs to first few leaves, some minor browning.) Original yellow printed wrappers (backed with japan tissue with repairs, spine renewed).

FIRST EDITION of this rare Texas military narrative.  "One of the best Texas military memoirs, this is also a prime source on the period from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War. No Texas military hero spent more time in the thick of the action than Lane, and his memoirs are meaty with anecdotes and incidents relating to the revolution, the Indian campaigns, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.... Lane served at San Jacinto with great valor, being wounded and singled out for special commendation and battlefield promotion.... Lane's narrative is salty and pure Texian.... One of the most fascinating narratives ever produced in Texas" (Dykes Western High Spots p. 22). Graff 2384; Howes L69.