MemoirsBefore 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's Memoirs evoke 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. |
Contents
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF CALIFORNIACONTINUED 18491850 | |
MISSOURI LOUISIANA AND CALIFORNIA 18501855 | |
CHATTANOOGA AND KNOXVILLE July to December 1863 | |
MERIDIAN CAMPAIGN January and February 1864 | |
MEMOIRS OF GENERAL WILLIAM T SHERMAN IN TWO VOLUMES VOL II | |
ATLANTA CAMPAIGNNASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA TO KENESAW March | |
ATLANTA CAMPAIGNBATTLES ABOUT KENESAW MOUNTAIN June 1864 | |
ATLANTA CAMPAIGNBATTLES ABOUT ATLANTA July 1864 | |
CAPTURE OF ATLANTA August and September 1864 | |
ATLANTA AND AFTERPURSUIT OF HOOD September and October 1864 | |
CALIFORNIA 18551857 | |
CALIFORNIA NEW YORK AND KANSAS 18571859 | |
LOUISIANA 18591861 | |
MISSOURI April and May 1861 | |
FROM THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN TO PADUCAHKENTUCKY | |
MISSOURI 18611862 | |
BATTLE OF SHILOH March and April 1862 | |
SHILOH TO MEMPHIS April to July 1862 | |
MEMPHIS TO ARKANSAS POST July 1862 to January 1863 | |
VICKSBURG January to July 1863 | |
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