[TEXAS - CIVIL WAR]
ROBARDS, CHARLES. Synopses of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the state of Texas: rendered, upon applications for writs of habeas corpus, original and on appeal, arising from restraints by conscript and other military authorities, during the terms in 1862, 1863, 1864, and the Galveston term, 1865. Austin: Brown and Foster, 1865. First edition. 20th century cloth. 8 1/4 x 5 inches (21 x 13 cm); 40 pp., half-title. Stamped, the paper very brittle resulting in numerous chipped edges, one repair at end, sold with a 1935 facsimile made from the Bar Association copy.
An interesting and scarce work on conscript cases in Texas after the fall of the Confederacy.