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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...

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Main Author: Eisenhower, John S. D., 1922-2013 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Nal Caliber, [2014]
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Sherman, William T. > (William Tecumseh), > 1820-1891.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
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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.

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