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Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order

John F. Marszalek

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Description:"Sherman"": A SoldierOCOs Passion for Order" is the premier biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War commander known for his OC destructive warOCO policy against Confederates and as a consummate soldier. This updated edition of John F. MarszalekOCOs award-winning book presents the general as a complicated man who, fearing anarchy, searched for the order that he hoped would make his life a success.Sherman was profoundly influenced by the death of his father and his subsequent relationship with the powerful Whig politician Thomas Ewing and his family. Although the Ewings treated Sherman as one of their own, the young Sherman was determined to make it on his own. He graduated from West Point and moved on to service at military posts throughout the South. This volume traces ShermanOCOs involvement in the Mexican War in the late 1840s, his years battling prospectors and deserting soldiers in gold-rush California, and his 1850 marriage to his foster sister, Ellen. Later he moved to Louisiana, and, after the state seceded, Sherman returned to the North to fight for the Union."Sherman "covers the generalOCOs early Civil War assignments in Kentucky and Missouri and his battles against former Southern friends there, the battle at Shiloh, and his rise to become second only to Grant among the Union leadership. ShermanOCOs famed use of destructive war, controversial then and now, is examined in detail. The destruction of property, he believed, would convince the Confederates that surrender was their best option, and ShermanOCOs successful strategy became the stuff of legend.This definitive biography, which includes forty-six illustrations, effectively refutes misconceptions surrounding the controversial Union general and presents Sherman the man, not the myth.a "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order. To get started finding Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "Sherman"": A SoldierOCOs Passion for Order" is the premier biography of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War commander known for his OC destructive warOCO policy against Confederates and as a consummate soldier. This updated edition of John F. MarszalekOCOs award-winning book presents the general as a complicated man who, fearing anarchy, searched for the order that he hoped would make his life a success.Sherman was profoundly influenced by the death of his father and his subsequent relationship with the powerful Whig politician Thomas Ewing and his family. Although the Ewings treated Sherman as one of their own, the young Sherman was determined to make it on his own. He graduated from West Point and moved on to service at military posts throughout the South. This volume traces ShermanOCOs involvement in the Mexican War in the late 1840s, his years battling prospectors and deserting soldiers in gold-rush California, and his 1850 marriage to his foster sister, Ellen. Later he moved to Louisiana, and, after the state seceded, Sherman returned to the North to fight for the Union."Sherman "covers the generalOCOs early Civil War assignments in Kentucky and Missouri and his battles against former Southern friends there, the battle at Shiloh, and his rise to become second only to Grant among the Union leadership. ShermanOCOs famed use of destructive war, controversial then and now, is examined in detail. The destruction of property, he believed, would convince the Confederates that surrender was their best option, and ShermanOCOs successful strategy became the stuff of legend.This definitive biography, which includes forty-six illustrations, effectively refutes misconceptions surrounding the controversial Union general and presents Sherman the man, not the myth.a "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order. To get started finding Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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