Can anyone recommend a good book about William Tecumseh Sherman, I'll get his memoirs...............
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there are no shortage of good bios on Sherman. You could just type his name in on Amazon, and have multiple options.
Of recent bios, I think James Lee McDonough did a nice job in:
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, a Life
A couple of other good ones are:
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
by John F. Marzalek
Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
by Robert L. O'Connell
Of recent bios, I think James Lee McDonough did a nice job in:
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, a Life
A couple of other good ones are:
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
by John F. Marzalek
Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman
by Robert L. O'Connell
Not a full bio, and I have recommended this one before.
After you have had you fill of regular bios, you might enjoy this one:
Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea
Noah Andre Trudeau (2008)
Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march, "a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well. With Lincoln's hard-fought reelection victory in hand, Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union forces, allowed Sherman to lead the largest and riskiest operation of the war. In rich detail, Trudeau explains why General Sherman's name is still anathema below the Mason-Dixon Line, especially in Georgia, where he is remembered as "the one who marched to the sea with death and devastation in his wake." Sherman's swath of destruction spanned more than sixty miles in width and virtually cut the South in two, badly disabling the flow of supplies to the Confederate army. He led more than 60,000 Union troops to blaze a path from Atlanta to Savannah, ordering his men to burn crops, kill livestock, and decimate everything that fed the Rebel war machine. Grant and Sherman's gamble worked, and the march managed to crush a critical part of the Confederacy and increase the pressure on General Lee, who was already under siege in Virginia. Told through the intimate and engrossing diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers and the civilians who suffered in their path, Southern Storm paints a vivid picture of an event that would forever change the course of America.
After you have had you fill of regular bios, you might enjoy this one:
Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea
Noah Andre Trudeau (2008)
Award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a gripping, definitive new account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march, "a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well. With Lincoln's hard-fought reelection victory in hand, Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union forces, allowed Sherman to lead the largest and riskiest operation of the war. In rich detail, Trudeau explains why General Sherman's name is still anathema below the Mason-Dixon Line, especially in Georgia, where he is remembered as "the one who marched to the sea with death and devastation in his wake." Sherman's swath of destruction spanned more than sixty miles in width and virtually cut the South in two, badly disabling the flow of supplies to the Confederate army. He led more than 60,000 Union troops to blaze a path from Atlanta to Savannah, ordering his men to burn crops, kill livestock, and decimate everything that fed the Rebel war machine. Grant and Sherman's gamble worked, and the march managed to crush a critical part of the Confederacy and increase the pressure on General Lee, who was already under siege in Virginia. Told through the intimate and engrossing diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers and the civilians who suffered in their path, Southern Storm paints a vivid picture of an event that would forever change the course of America.
Top European Generals and historians consider him a genius for his ability to use movement to win ground and force enemy mistakes without wasting men. His campaigning prior to his march to the Sea evidenced this. Everyone can win ground by throwing masses of men at it - it’s another thing entirely to do what Sherman did in Tennessee.
Longstreet was a fascinating guy who bore the brunt of southern blame for losing the war.
When you lie down with dogs....
Sherman’s story is fascinating, especially given his family tree (descendants as well) and history in banking. Some of my favorite bios/stories are of men working to destroy terrorists and traitors as he did. Abdullah II of Jordan being one contemporary example.
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