KEYES, E.D [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Fifty Years' Observation of Men and Events Civil and Military.
First Edition of E. D. Keyes' Fifty Years Observation of Men and Events; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884.
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First edition of this memoir of a Union soldier and civilian; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original cloth. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P.T. Sherman’s bookplates to the front pastedown. In good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels. General Sherman's library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the 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, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Erasmus Darwin Keyes was a businessman, banker, and military general, noted for leading the IV Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac during the first half of the American Civil War. Keyes played significant roles in several battles, seeing action at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Bottom's Bridge, Savage's Station, Seven Pines, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, and Harrison's Landing.
Fifty Years' Observation of Men and Events Civil and Military.
$850.00
In Stock