The Civil War in the United States: With Special Reference to the Campaigns of 1864 and 1865.

WOOD, W. Birkbeck and James E. Edmonds [William Tecumseh Sherman].

$375.00

Item Number: 145994

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1937.

Revised edition of this British account of the American Civil War; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original brown cloth, illustrated with in-text maps and maps at the rear. P.T. Sherman’s bookplate to the front free paper beneath his ownership inscription dated July 1938, a few annotations by Sherman throughout the text. In near fine condition with slight bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, light rubbing to the extremities and rear panel. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s son P.T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of Labor. He transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, this book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Brigadier-General Sir James Edward Edmonds was an officer of the Royal Engineers in the late-Victorian era British Army who worked in the Intelligence Division, took part in the creation of the forerunner of MI5, and promoted several spy scares. While attending Staff College, Edmonds co-wrote with his brother in law, W. Birkbeck Wood, 'The History of the Civil War in the United States 1861–1865,' which was well received by reviewers who wrote that the book would be appealing to soldiers and to students of history alike. The book was in print for thirty years and by 1936 was in its fourth edition and was in use at West Point.