Burr, Frank A.; Hinton, Richard J. "Little Phil" and his Troopers : The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romance and Reality: How an Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army. Providence, R. I.: J. A. & R. A. Reid, Publishers, 1888. First Edition. [12057]
Olive cloth decorated in brown & gilt, edge-wear with a small nick at the top of the backstrip, all page edges gilt, 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Front end paper hinge tightened with pH neutral binder's paste. Steel-engraved portrait of Sheridan as frontispiece, thin strips of the tissue guard stuck to the portrait. Many other b/w wood engravings, full and in the text. 445 clean pp., text block tight, includes an index. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: The Career and Achievements of this Masterly Leader of Men in Battle; Realistic Descriptions of the March, Raid, and Charge of the Horsemen; and Graphic Sketches of other Great Cavalry Leaders. By Frank A. Burr, of the Second Michigan Cavalry, Author of the "Life and Deeds of General U. S. Grant," "General James A. Beaver," "Battles of Chickamauga and Franklin," etc. and Richard J. Hinton, of the U. S. Colored Troops, Author of "Army of the Border," "English Radical Leaders," "Hand-Book to Arizona," "Popular Life of William H. Seward," "Report on Irrigation in the United States," etc. Illustrated.
General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), career United States Army Officer, Union general and close associate of General U. S. Grant. He was described by President Lincoln as "A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping." His daring successes during the American Civil War propelled him rapidly up the chain of command. He was a hero of the Union at war's end.
