Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan
by Sheridan, Phillip H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York,: Charles L. Webster, 1888. Hardcover Illustrated Octavo, 500/486 pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Original green cloth bindings. Former cavalry officer's name on ffep. . A lovely copy of one of the less common Civil War memoirs. The frontispiece in Vol. 1 is a picture of P. H. Sheridan, Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Regiment Infantry. Vol. 2 frontispiece is a picture of P. H. Sheridan, Lieutenant General. Vol. 1 has a map of the Shenandoah Valley.Vol. 2 has a map of the Battlefield of Winchester, 19th Sept. 1864. Sheridan's close association with General Grant benefited his career. It was Grant in fact, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. That very har campaign is noted for the destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley and was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war.. First Edition. Very Good Plus. 2 Volumes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 884665
- Title
- Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan
- Author
- Sheridan, Phillip H
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- Date Published
- 1888
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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