Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman
Before his spectacular career as General of the Union forces, William Tecumseh Sherman experienced decades of failure and depression. Drifting between the Old South and new West, Sherman witnessed firsthand many of the critical events of early nineteenth-century America- the Mexican War, the gold rush, the banking panics, and the battles with the Plains Indians. It wasn't until his victory at Shiloh, in 1862, that Sherman assumed his legendary place in American history. After Shiloh, Sherman sacked Atlanta and proceeded to burn a trail of destruction that split the Confederacy and ended the war. His strategy forever changed the nature of warfare and earned him eternal infamy throughout the South.Sherman'sMemoirsevoke the uncompromising and deeply complex general as well as the turbulent times that transformed America into a world power. This Penguin Classics edition includes a fascinating introduction and notes by Sherman biographer Michael Fellman.
William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, merchant, educator, and author who lived from 1820 to 1891. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), he served as a General in the Union Army, receiving praise for his superb mastery of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth methods he enacted in conducting total war against the Confederate States. B. is a military historian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140437980 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140437983 |
| Title | Memoirs |
| Author | William Tecumseh Sherman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Year published | 2000-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 880 |
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