Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman - Softcover

Sherman, William T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1483992896 ISBN 13: 9781483992891

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman is a work by William T. Sherman now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

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About the Author:

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861 65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general." Sherman served under General Ulysses S. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee. In 1864, Sherman succeeded Grant as the Union commander in the western theater of the war. He proceeded to lead his troops to the capture of the city of Atlanta, a military success that contributed to the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln. Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. He accepted the surrender of all the Confederate armies in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida in April 1865. When Grant assumed the U.S. presidency in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as Commanding General of the Army (1869 83). As such, he was responsible for the U.S. Army conduct in the Indian Wars over the next 15 years, in the western United States. He steadfastly refused to be drawn into politics and in 1875 published his Memoirs, one of the best-known firsthand accounts of the Civil War.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1483992896
• ISBN 13: 9781483992891
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440