LS signed “W. T. Sherman,” one page, 5.25 x 8, May 20, 1889. Letter to Henry M. Cist, the corresponding secretary of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, in full: "I beg you to accept my thanks for a bound copy of the proceedings of your society at their nineteenth Annual Reunion at Chicago, September 1888, just received." Sherman adds "Gen'l" to the salutation in his own hand. In fine condition. Henry Martyn Cist (1839 - 1902) was an American soldier, lawyer, and author who was a Union Army captain and staff officer during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his classic and oft-referenced 1882 book The Army of the Cumberland, in addition to his pioneering efforts to preserve and interpret the sites of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga.Format: LS