MEMORIES OF THE WAR (111th Ohio Inf.)

Sherwood, Gen. Isaac R.

Verlag: H.J. Chittenden Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1923

Beschreibung

BOOK DESCRIPTION: Small 8vo, 238 pgs, portrait plates. Original blue cloth with silver gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor rubbing to edges, else clean and bright. Interior with presentation from the author's children and with a separate inked gift inscription; else pages are clean and tight. With clear, mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: A judge before the war, Sherwood resigned and enlisted as a private in the 14th Ohio; later transferred to the 111th Ohio and mustered out as lieutenant colonel and the regiment's adjutant. He was breveted a brigadier general for conspicious service at the Battle of Franklin. After the war, he was a newspaper editor in Toledo, mayor, and later served nine terms in the US Congress. Here an excellent copy of his war memories, presented by his children Lenore and James. REFERENCES: DORN OH 398; NEVINS I pg 158: "When Sherwood was not borrowing from other sources, he tended to be overly dramatic.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0324002

Bibliografische Details

Titel: MEMORIES OF THE WAR (111th Ohio Inf.)

Verlag: H.J. Chittenden Co., Toledo, Ohio

Erscheinungsdatum: 1923

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition