[Gutenberg 44686] • Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. / Late Retired General. U. S. A.
- Authors
- Johnson, Willis Fletcher
- Tags
- william t. (william tecumseh) , 1820-1891 , sherman
- Date
- 1891-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
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- 2.31 MB
- Lang
- en
LIFE OF WM. TECUMSEH SHERMAN. Late Retired General. U. S. A.
A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF HIS CAREER IN WAR AND PEACE; HIS ROMANTIC YOUTH; HIS STERN AND PATRIOTIC MANHOOD; HIS CALM AND BEAUTIFUL OLD AGE; A MARVELLOUS MARCH FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF TIME TO THE SEA OF ETERNITY.
The title of this work is hardly a fair index to the contents.
The "Life of General Sherman," written with any reasonable detail so as to depict his formative period, the gradual development of his energies, the bulk of his achievements and the great consummation of his genius, could not be contained in any three volumes of this size.
The work, so far as the labor of the author, Mr. Johnson, is concerned, is eclectic,—mainly a compendium.
There are beautiful sketches, choice pictorial presentations of Sherman and his environments from childhood to age. But, I do not think that the work, valuable as it undoubtedly is, could in any degree take the place of Sherman's Personal Memoirs.
There are some chapters which have been furnished by war editorials and the writings of field correspondents which the author must have collected and carefully preserved.
Many of these are life-like, and bear the impress and the inspiration of the exciting events amid which they were composed.
There are, furthermore, in this book, chapters which are ingeniously formed and elaborated by quotations from officers who were themselves part and parcel of the campaigns which they describe.
To me, the author appears to have done exceedingly well, and has herein furnished a choice entertainment to his readers.
The part undertaken by me, and to which I have strictly confined myself, has been to review the work, some of it already in proof type, and the remainder in manuscript, going over each chapter with considerable care, and suggesting such changes as I thought the truth of history demanded.
Where one has expressed an opinion and a quotation of that opinion appears, of course no change was admissible; so that I am entirely unwilling to assume that such a quoted writer gave utterance to my own convictions.
CONTENTS
THE SHERMAN FAMILY.
BOYHOOD AND CADETSHIP.
EARLY MILITARY DUTIES.
AMONG THE FORTY-NINERS.
THE CRISIS OF A CAREER.
THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR.
BULL RUN.
SERVICE IN KENTUCKY.
SHILOH.
OFFICIAL REPORTS ON SHILOH.
"AGATE'S" STORY OF SHILOH.
"AGATE'S" STORY CONTINUED.
"AGATE'S" STORY CONTINUED.
"AGATE'S" STORY CONCLUDED.
CORINTH.
MEMPHIS, VICKSBURG AND ARKANSAS POST.
VICKSBURG.
SOME WAR CORRESPONDENCE.
CHATTANOOGA.
MERIDIAN.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
ATLANTA.
PREPARING FOR THE MARCH.
"MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA."
SHERMAN'S STORY OF THE MARCH.
THE CAROLINA CAMPAIGN.
THE END OF THE WAR.
THE DUTIES OF PEACE.
DEATH AND BURIAL.
TRIBUTES.
IN MEMORIAM.
TRAITS AND INCIDENTS.
REMINISCENCES.
SHERMAN'S OWN WORDS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
General Wm. Tecumseh Sherman (frontispiece),
Mrs. General Sherman,
Sherman's Birthplace,
Sherman Entering U. S. Senate,
Hon. John Sherman,
General John C. Fremont,
General Thomas' Bivouac (after the first day's battle),
Major-General O. O. Howard,
Major-General Slocum,
Lieutenant-General Sheridan,
Major-General Butterfield,
General John A. Logan,
Grant's March upon Vicksburg,
Admiral D. D.