{"product_id":"1865-general-william-tecumseh-sherman","title":"1865 WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. HIs Personal Copy of Earliest Full Biography after Civil War.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eAn exceptional item, being General William Tecumseh Sherman's personal copy of the first edition publication of the earliest contemporary biography published after the Civil War's end, a status it shares with \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"178\"\u003eSherman and His Campaigns: A Military\u003c\/i\u003e Biography. It is not clear which one technically hit the shelves first. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eWritten by Reverend Faunt LeRoy Senour, the work was rushed to press in Chicago immediately at the close of hostilities in 1865.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The\u003cspan class=\"citation-6 citation-end-6\"\u003e text offers a crucial real-time historical record and defense of Sherman and his highly polarizing \"total war\" strategies, specifically the Atlanta Campaign and his March to the Sea, and a record of how they were interpreted, justified, and celebrated by the Union public at the exact moment the war ended.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an additional item of interest, the volume itself was published in Chicago just before the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Remaining copies are generally scarce and desirable as \"Ante-Fire Imprints.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present is inscribed by Senour to General Sherman, contains Sherman's bookplate, the bookplate of his son, and a tipped in signature of the W. T.'s son. By descent through the family.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSenour, Rev. F. Major General William T. Sherman. Chicago. Henry M. Sherwood. 1865. First Edition. 477pp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood + to very good, attractive with two sections of the spine cover relaid and some light chipping. Textually very good with one gathering forward in the binding and a bit folded at the foredge. Solid and crisp. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50967445831716,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/06-25-2026SpecsFineBooks-2.jpg?v=1782443135","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1865-general-william-tecumseh-sherman","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}