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William Tecumseh Sherman (/tɪˈkʌmsə/ tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he implemented against the Confederate States. British military theorist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart declared that Sherman was “the first modern general”.
Born in Ohio into a politically prominent family, Sherman graduated in 1840 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He interrupted his military career in 1853 to pursue private business ventures, without much success. In 1859 he became superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy (now Louisiana State University), a position from which he resigned when Louisiana seceded from the Union. Sherman commanded a brigade of volunteers at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861 before being transferred to the Western Theater. He was stationed in Kentucky, where his pessimism about the outlook of the war led to a breakdown that required him to be briefly put on leave. He recovered by forging a close partnership with General Ulysses S. Grant. Sherman served under Grant in 1862 and 1863 in the Battle of Fort Henry and the Battle of Fort Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River, and the Chattanooga campaign, which culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee.
Scarce William T. Sherman twice-signed copy of his Civil War Military Orders, collected and bound in this ”Military Orders of General William T. Sherman, 1861-’65”. Sherman inscribes both the cover and the title page to General Samuel W. Crawford, Civil War surgeon wounded at Antietam. Cover reads, ”To Gen. S.W. Crawford – / U.S. Army. / with compliments of W.T. Sherman / General.” Title page reads, ”To General S.W. Crawford / U.S. Army / with compliments of / W.T. Sherman / General. / Washington DC, / February 10, 1873.” First edition, published in 1869, in original green paper wrappers, runs 375pp. Book measures 5.25” x 8”. Wrappers soiled and lightly chipped, professionally restored to attach to book. Light soiling to interior pages but overall in very good condition, with no auction records of another copy signed by Sherman. Sold for $2,875.
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