Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T.

Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865 (Civil War America)

The first major modern edition of the wartime correspondence of General William T. Sherman, this volume features more than 400 letters written between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the day Sherman bade farewell to his troops in 1865. Together, they trace Sherman's rise from obscurity to become one of the Union's most famous and effective warriors.
Arranged chronologically and grouped into chapters that correspond to significant phases in Sherman's life, the letters--many of which have never before been published--reveal Sherman's thoughts on politics, military operations, slavery and emancipation, the South, and daily life in the Union army, as well as his reactions to such important figures as General Ulysses S. Grant and President Lincoln.
Lively, frank, opinionated, discerning, and occasionally extremely wrong-headed, these letters mirror the colorful personality and complex mentality of the man who wrote them. They offer the reader an invaluable glimpse of the Civil War as Sherman saw it.

Country	USA
Author	Brooks D. Simpson
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
EAN	9780807824405
Edition	1st edition,
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0807824402
Label	The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacturer	The University of North Carolina Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	976
PublicationDate	1999-05-10
Publisher	The University of North Carolina Press
Studio	The University of North Carolina Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865 (Civil War America)