A group of 5 biographies of General William Tecumseh Sherman owned by his son, and caretaker of his library, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, each with his bookplate (except where noted), including:

Major General Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916). Personal Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln, General Ulysses S. Grant, and General WIlliam T. Sherman. Council Bluffs, Iowa: The Monarch Printing Company, 1914. 8vo. Original flexible cloth. First edition. With "Compliments of Major-General Grenville M. Dodge" presentation slip. Inscribed "Uncle Cumps best Friend E.S. Fitch". The memoirs of Grenville M. Dodge, a close friend and military colleague of General Sherman, serving under him throughout the war and espcially the Atlanta Campaign.

Lloyd Lewis. Sherman Fighting Prophet. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1932. First edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO PHILEMON: "P.T. Sherman from the Author, November, 1932".

Rachel Sherman Thorndike, editor. The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between General and Senator Sherman from 1937 to 1891. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. SIGNED "P.T. Sherman".

Bertha L. Stratton. Sherman and Allied Families. Staten Island, NY: Edwards Brothers, 1951. No bookplates. SIGNED by the author.

Col. S.M. Bowman and Lt. Col. R.B. Irwin. Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1865.

Condition: varies, complete condition report available upon request.

PROVENANCE:

The Sherman-Fitch Library

Primarily assembled by General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), the collection of books was inherited and curated by his son, Philemon Tecumseh Sherman (1867-1941). Before his death, Philemon transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch (1876-1959). Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria "Minnie" Ewing Sherman Fitch (1851-1913). Until now, the Sherman-Fitch library was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The library includes a range of diverse material owned by General Sherman that principally relates to the Civil War, American history, and the Sherman family. Many works in the Sherman-Fitch library are historically significant, including General Sherman's annotated copy of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, the Sherman family bible, and Barnard's "Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign."

Most examples in the collection are affixed with bookplates that bear both General Sherman's and Philemon's names. In some cases, where General Sherman's ownership was clear, his bookplate was not always affixed. However, books with just Philemon's bookplate were generally acquired after his father's death in 1891. General Sherman’s bookplates were likely added by Philemon after his father’s death. Philemon’s bookplates were placed by Tecumseh Sherman Fitch (1908-1969) after he inherited the library in 1942.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Books, Biographies, Memoirs, Ephemera, Generals]