Book Description
Hailed as a prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, Sherman is the most controversial general of the Civil War. "War is cruelty, you cannot refine it," he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges and a fascinating, eerie account of the famous march through the Carolinas.
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William T. Sherman: Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman (The Library of America) ANNOTATION
Sherman is the most controversial general of the American Civil War, . Written with th energetic confidence that marked his later campaigns, his Memoirs provides both a vivid firsthand account of crucial events of the Civil War and a unique record of the emergence of its most innovative strategist.