Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan.

SHERIDAN, Philip Henry.

Item Number: 116763

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co, 1888.

Rare publisher’s deluxe binding of the first edition of Sheridan’s military autobiography, with 27 maps and 18 plates. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in original deluxe full morocco, covers ruled and paneled in blind with blind-stamped central motifs of Sheridan, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endleaves, all edges gilt. In excellent condition, reinforcement to the hinges. Rare and desirable.

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.