Memoirs CLA

BeforehisspectacularcareerasGeneraloftheUnionforces,WilliamTecumsehShermanexperienceddecadesoffailureanddepression.DriftingbetweentheOldSouthandnewWest,Shermanwitnessedfirsthandmanyofthecriticaleventsofearlynineteenth-centuryAmerica:theMexicanWar,thegoldrush,thebankingpanics,andthebattleswiththePlainsIndians.Itwasn'tuntilhisvictoryatShiloh,in1862,thatShermanassumedhislegendaryplaceinAmericanhistory.AfterShiloh,ShermansackedAtlantaandproceededtoburnatrailofdestructionthatsplittheConfederacyandendedthewar.HisstrategyforeverchangedthenatureofwarfareandearnedhimeternalinfamythroughouttheSouth.Sherman'sMemoirsevoketheuncompromisinganddeeplycomplexgeneralaswellastheturbulenttimesthattransformedAmericaintoaworldpower.ThisPenguinClassicseditionincludesafascinatingintroductionandnotesbyShermanbiographerMichaelFellman.