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

Abstract

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.

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