American general the life and times of William Tecumseh Sherman
A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most controversial figures - the soldier who brought the fight not only to the Confederate Army, but to Confederate civilians as well. Yet Eisenhower, a West Point graduate and a retired brigadier general (Army Reserves), finds in...
| Main Author: | Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013 (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Nal Caliber,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Book I The rise of William T. Sherman
- Early life
- California
- The bleak years, 1850-1861
- The Union above all
- Bull Run
- Sherman finds his niche with Grant
- Shiloh restores Sherman's reputation
- A hard winter at Vicksburg
- The bastion falls
- Chattanooga
- Book II Sherman assumes command
- Commander in the West
- The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
- The fall of Atlanta
- Marching through Georgia
- Savannah
- Meeting at City Point
- Surrender
- Troubled peace
- General of the army
- Taps.