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 Life And Wars Of General Phil Sheridan  Roy Morris, Jr, Crown Publisher's, Inc. New York, 464 pages. First edition   Very good condition hard cover in a very good dust jacket  clean     pages  The biography of Phil Sheridan who rose from obscurity during the Civil War and becomming the most honored Union Cavalry Commander , to a stormy period during Louisiana Reconstruction, to a highly fearsome and effective leader during the Indian Wars, crossing paths with the likes of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill Cody, George Armstrong Custer. etc. Sheridan was an effective, provocative, and compelling leader in a turbulent era orris presents the first modern biography of the Union's great calvary commander, who fought the Confederacy in the Civil War and Plains Indians in the West. Photos.
 A vigorous biography of the pugnacious Civil War general and Indian fighter, affectionately called ``Little Phil''--behind his back. The Union cavalry leader who rallied his seemingly routed Army of the Shenandoah with an electrifying ride back to the front at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Sheridan (as detailed by Morris, editor of the magazine America's Civil War) emerges as supremely competent if not always likable. Unlike his superiors Grant and Sherman, Sheridan served in uniform without interruption for his entire adult life, rising from lowly origins as the son of an indigent Irish-Catholic immigrant to become commander of America's army. Gruff, combative, at times ruthless, he was, Morris explains, uncomfortable in postwar roles as military supervisor of Texas and Louisiana and as the politically incorrect destroyer of Western tribes (though his oft-quoted ``the only good Indian is a dead Indian'' may be apocryphal). Nor was he perfect in battle, as evidenced in lapses at Perryville and Chickamauga and in dragging his heels in destroying Lee's army after the Shenandoah campaign. Yet, unlike his subordinate, the dashing but foolhardy George Armstrong Custer, Sheridan, Morris demonstrates, was as deliberate and careful as he was brave. A master of detail since his days as a teenaged stock clerk and young quartermaster, he ensured that he led a force that was well supplied, effectively outnumbering and concentrated against the enemy, and thoroughly briefed by scouts and spies. His self-confident battlefield magnetism appealed both to the common soldier and to mentors such as Grant and Lincoln's chief of staff Henry Halleck. A pungent, authoritative, and convincing portrait of the bantam cadet who became one of the Civil War's giants. (Sixteen pages of b&w photographs; four maps.)  *** Shipping & Packaging $6.50 priority 2-5 days  or 4.00 surface which can take 3-4 weeks from California to the East Coast  within the US. Please contact us for prices of international shipping. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CAN ONLY BE AIRMAIL DUE TO NEW POSTAL CHANGES NO  SURFACE SHIPPING  We accept payment by Master Card, Visa, American Express and most other major credit cards via Pay pal, we also accept; Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and placed in a padded envelope or box. *