SHERIDAN, Philip Henry [P.H.].
Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company , 1888.
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"One of the best first-hand accounts of the Civil War": First Edition of the Personal Memoirs Of P. H. Sheridan
First edition of Sheridan’s military autobiography. Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth, patterned endpapers, illustrated with 27 maps and 18 plates including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Sheridan. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece's husband) Charles Webster, initially to publish Twain's own works, beginning with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885. That same year, Twain secured the contract to publish Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs - a runaway success that launched the firm into producing the memoirs of other leading Civil War generals. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Bookplate, signature to each title page. A very sharp example.
General Philip Henry Sheridan was the most important Union cavalry commander of the Civil War, and ranks as one of America's greatest horse soldiers. From Corinth through Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge, he made himself a reputation for courage and efficiency; after his defeat of J.E.B. Stuart's rebel cavalry, Grant named him commander of the Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley. There he laid waste to the entire region, and his victory over Jubal Early's troups in the Battle of Cedar Creek brought him worldwide renown and a promotion to major general in the regular army. It was Sheridan who cut off Lee's retreat at Appomattox, thus securing the surrender of the Confederate Army. The Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan is considered one of the best first-hand accounts of the Civil War.
Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan.
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