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Lot of 8 vols. Sheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888, 2 vols. 8vo, full leather with red and green leather labels on spine, gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and page edges, vol. I - 500 pp; vol. II - 482. Philip Sheridan (1831 - 1888) was born in Albany, NY, but moved with his parents to Somerset, Ohio in infancy. His studies in the village school gave him a rudimentary foundation upon which to build. He went to work at a young age, but knew he wanted to be a soldier. As soon as he was old enough, he applied to USMA and received his appointment to the class of 1852. The school suspended him his last year for a conflict with another cadet, but he applied to the class of 1853 and graduated with them. He spent much of the next few years in Washington Territory, defending American interests from Indian attacks. By early 1861 he was in the Quartermaster's department in Missouri. He answered a request for an educated soldier to take command of some Michigan troops, getting his first command there. He then literally fought his way through the ranks, showing courage and ability in any number of battles, earning generalships in the volunteer division, then in the regular army. He turned the U.S. Cavalry into a fighting unit, and by 1864 Grant personally appointed him to command the Army of the Shenandoah. Lincoln appointed him Major General, US Army "For the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and gallantry of your troops... your routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days." Upon General Sherman's retirement in 1883, Sheridan became general-in-chief of the Army. Johnson, W. Fletcher. Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, Late Retired General, U.S.A. Edgewood Publishing Company, 1891. 8vo, illustrated gold cloth with gilt highlights, 607pp. William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 - 1891) was born in Lancaster, OH. When his father died at just nine years of age. Family friend Thomas Ewing, who later became Secretary of the Interior, adopted him. Sherman received an appointment to USMA and graduated in 1840. He was initially sent to Florida where his unit engaged in skirmishes with Seminoles. He resigned in 1853 and became engaged in banking, then law. In 1860 he took a position as superintendent of the Louisiana Military Academy. A year after taking the office, the Confederacy seized the arsenal at Baton Rouge in anticipation of secession, forcing Sherman to resign. He went to Washington to impress the gravity of the situation in the South with limited success. For two months he served as president of the Fifth Street Railway in St. Louis, until mid-May when he began commanding a division at Bull Run. He spent the first part of the war in the Western Theater, supporting Grant whenever possible. When Grant took command of the Army, Sherman took command of the West. When Grant became President, Sherman took over as General-in-Chief of the Army. Grant, Ulysses S. (1822 - 1885). Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. 8vo, green cloth with gilt front, back and spine, printed endpapers, vol. I - 584pp; vol. II - 647pp, plus errata. Grant and Sherman became close in planning and executing strategies during and after the war. Benedict, G.G. Vermont in the Civil War. A History of the Part Taken by the Vermont Soldiers and Sailors in the War for the Union, 1861-1865. Burlington (VT): The Free Press Association, 1886, 2 vols. 8vo, full leather, marbled endpapers and page edges, two black spine labels with gilt lettering, Vol. I - 620pp; Vol. II - 808pp. The American Soldier and Sailor in War. A Pictorial History of the Campaigns and Conflicts of the War Between the States...to Our Country's War with Spain Profusely Illustrated with Battle Scenes, Naval Engagements and Portrait