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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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781101177242 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 08/01/2000 |
Sold by: | Penguin Group |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 880 |
File size: | 6 MB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Michael Fellman was a prolific historian of the nineteenth-century United States and a professor emeritus of history at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is best known for Inside War: The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War and Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman. He died in 2012.
Table of Contents
IntroductionSuggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
MEMOIRS OF W.T. SHERMAN
VOLUME I
I. From 1820 to the Mexican War, 1846
II. Early Recollections of California––1846–1848
III. Early Recollections of California––(Continued)––1849–1850
IV. Missouri, Louisiana, and California––1850–1855
V. California––1855–1857
VI. California, New York, and Kansas––1857–1859
VII. Louisiana––1859–1861
VIII. Missouri––April and May, 1861
IX. From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah––Kentucky and Missouri––1861–1862
X. Battle of Shiloh––March and April, 1862
XI. Shiloh to Memphis––April to July, 1862
XII. Memphis to Arkansas Post––July, 1862, to January, 1863
XIII. Vicksburg––January to July, 1863
XIV. Chattanooga and Knoxville––July to December, 1863
XV. Meridian Campaign––January and February, 1864
VOLUME II
XVI. Atlanta Campaign––Nashville and Chattanooga to Kenesaw––March, April, and May, 1964
XVII. Atlanta Campaign––Battles about Kenesaw Mountain––June, 1864
XVIII. Atlanta Campaign––Battles about Atlanta––July, 1864
XIX. Capture of Atlanta––August and September, 1864
XX. Atlanta and After––Pursuit of Hood––September and October, 1864
XXI. The March to the Sea––From Atlanta to Savannah––November and December, 1864
XXII. Savannah and Pocotaligo––December, 1864, and January, 1865
XXIII. Campaign of the Carolinas––February and March, 1865
XXIV. End of the War––From Goldsboro' to Raleigh and Washington––April and May, 1865
XXV. Conclusion––Military Lessons of the War
XXVI. After the War
Explanatory Notes
Index