Joel Tyler Headley. Grant and Sherman; Their Campaigns and Generals. New York, etc: E.B. Treat & Co., etc., 1865. 8vo. Portraits & maps. Original deluxe calf. With "W.T. Sherman" and "P. Tecumseh Sherman" bookplates to interior front board. Sabin 31150. First Edition.

INSCRIBED BY GENERAL SHERMAN to the front free endpaper: "W.T. Sherman / Maj Genl. / 1866"

A popular account of the two greatest generals of the Union Army published immediately after the conclusion of the Civil War. Beginning with the capture of Fort Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh to the surrender of the Confederate armies. The author, a Presbyterian minister and historian, is generally credited with providing a fair and grounded assessment of the generals. A unique copy of the work, owned by one of its subjects, General Sherman himself.

Condition: partial spine present but detached, rear board detached.

PROVENANCE:

The Sherman-Fitch Library

Primarily assembled by General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), the collection of books was inherited and curated by his son, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1867-1941). Before his death, Philemon transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959). Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria "Minnie" Ewing Sherman Fitch (1851-1913). Until now, the Sherman-Fitch library was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The library includes a range of diverse material owned by General Sherman that principally relates to the Civil War, American history, and the Sherman family. Many works in the Sherman-Fitch library are historically significant, including General Sherman's annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, the Sherman family bible, and Barnard's "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign."

Most examples in the collection are affixed with bookplates that bear both General Sherman's and Philemon's names. In some cases, where General Sherman's ownership was clear, his bookplate was not always affixed. However, books with just Philemon's bookplate were generally acquired after his father's death in 1891. General Sherman’s bookplates were likely added by Philemon after his father’s death. Philemon’s bookplates were placed by Tecumseh Sherman Fitch (1908-1969) after he inherited the library in 1942.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Books, Generals, Ephemera, Signatures]