William Tecumseh Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)
Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (LOA #51)
- Hardcover
1136 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1990
Summary
Hailed as prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbingerof modern barbarism, William Tecumseh Sherman is themost controversial general of the American Civil War. “War iscruelty, and you cannot refine it,” he wrote in fury to the Confederatemayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozensof such wartime exchanges. With the propulsive energy andintelligence that marked his campaigns, Sherman describesstriking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisiveand often outspok…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780940450653 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0940450658 |
| Author: | William Tecumseh Sherman, Charles Royster |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 1136 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1990 |
| Weight: | 714g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 131mm x 36mm |
| Series: | Library of America Civil War Memoirs Collection |
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William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman(1820-1891)was ageneralin theUnion Armyduring theCivil War, leading a devastating campaign oftotal waragainst theConfederate States.When Ulysses S. Grant was elelcted president in 1869, Sherman succeeded him asCommanding General of the U.S. Army, serving from 1869 until 1883.Charles Royster, editor of this volume, is Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University and author of The Destructive War- William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans.
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