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2026-07-10 09:00:00 2026-07-10 09:00:00 America/New_York Fleischer's Auctions Fleischer's Auctions : America at 250 https://bid.fleischersauctions.com/auctions/fleischers-auctions/america-at-250-22027 A historic assortment of lots carefully curated to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, bringing together significant artifacts, documents, and objects that illuminate the people, events, and ideals that shaped the nation’s founding and early development. Fleischer's Auctions info@fleischersauctions.com

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Lot 236

[CIVIL WAR] "Shoulder Strap" Series, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan & McClellan

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A selection of memoirs published in the Shoulder Strap series by Mark Twain's Charles L. Webster & Company. Titles include:

1. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1886 & 1896. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, facsimiles, plates. Vol. I published in 1892, vol. II in 1886.

2. George B. McClellan. McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union. 1887.

3. Philip H. Sheridan. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. 1888. 2 volumes. Provenance: Hermon Chandler Tower (bookplates to interior front covers).

4. William Tecumseh Sherman. Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, Written by Himself. 1892. 2 volumes.

Each published in New York by Charles L. Webster & Company. Each in original illustrated green cloth gilt, illustrated with plates.

[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Books, Bibles, Soldiers' Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Memoirs]

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Please note that vol. I of Grant's memoirs was published in 1892, & vol. II in 1886.

Minor wear to the extremities of Sheridan's Personal Memoirs.

McClellan volume with bumped corners, minor wear to extremities, and very minor scuffing.

Minor spotting to Vol. I of Grant's Memoirs.

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America at 250

[CIVIL WAR] "Shoulder Strap" Series, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan & McClellan

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