A Report of Surgical Cases Treated in the Army of the United States From 1865 to 1871. Circular No. 3. War Department. Surgeon General’s Office, Washington, August 17. 1871.

[SHERIDAN, Philip].

Item Number: 138239

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871.

First edition of this scarce volume issued by the Surgeon General’s Office, covering various surgical and medical innovations in the United States Army in the years immediately following the Civil War. Quarto, bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Brian Frost & Company with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with four lithographic plates and numerous in-text anatomical illustrations. From the library of Union Army General Philip Sheridan with his ownership signature to the title page. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.

American Civil War general Philip Sheridan's career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, 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 the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of scorched-earth tactics in the war. In 1865, his cavalry pursued Gen. Robert E. Lee and was instrumental in forcing his surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.