SHERMAN, William T.
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other": The personal Memoirs of General William T. Sherman
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1891.
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First edition of this memoir by one of the most well-regarded generals, “oft-consulted and much-quoted reminiscences... Sherman wrote as he fought; dynamically and bluntly” (Nevins II, 89). Octavo, two volumes, original publisher's green cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of William T. Sherman, illustrated with folding maps in each volume. The publishing firm Charles L. Webster & Co. was founded in 1884 by Mark Twain, together with his business partner (and niece's husband) Charles Webster, initially to publish Twain's own works, beginning with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885. That same year, Twain secured the contract to publish Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs - a runaway success that launched the firm into producing the memoirs of other leading Civil War generals. In very good condition, name to each volume.
"Penned with intelligence and passion, [Sherman's Memoirs] cover the periods of birth to the Meridian Expedition early in 1864 (Volume I) and the remainder of the war to the commander's first decade following the war (Volume II)… The memoirs frankly describe the rights and wrongs of the Civil War campaigns Sherman experienced, without regard to stepping on the feelings of others. The work is not unduly harsh, but is unwaveringly honest (as the author viewed these events)… The writing in this work is enjoyable, more so than the average soldier's memoirs, and the enlightened opinions of the second-ranking Federal officer on a multitude of operations make the work invaluable" (Eicher 576).
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman.
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