More than twenty-five years later, popular interest in Sherman shows no sign of abating. Marszalek’s incisive Sherman: A Soldier’s Passion for Order , and Michael Fellman’s Citizen Sherman: A Life of William Tecumseh Sherman, perhaps the most critical of Sherman appraisals. These include Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart’s iconic Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American, John F. Army in the era of Reconstruction, William Sherman has inspired numerous biographies through the years. $39.95.Ĭan anything new be written of William Tecumseh Sherman? Commonly regarded as the second-greatest soldier to fight for the Federal armies in the War of the Rebellion, and one of the most influential general officers to shape the U.S. Great Commanders, General Sherman is a biography of Union Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, and it's from the Great Commanders series.William Tecumseh Sherman, In the Service of My Country: A Lifeby James Lee McDonough. In many ways, Sherman is still the scourge of the South, nearly 150 years after he vowed to make Georgia howl.Īlthough Sherman’s Civil War record has come to define his legacy, the man himself has given way to the controversies, legends, and accusations surrounding his life and actions. At the same time, the South considered him akin to a terrorist, violating the norms of warfare by targeting civilians, and accuse him of needlessly burning Atlanta and Columbia. He was unquestionably instrumental at battles like Shiloh, his victory in the Atlanta Campaign reassured Lincoln’s reelection, and his March to the Sea revolutionized total warfare. Nevertheless, Sherman remains controversial across much of the United States today. By 1865, Sherman was the second most popular general in the North behind Grant, and history has accorded him a strong Civil War legacy. Johnston surrendering to Sherman weeks after Appomattox. Sherman spent a majority of the war out west, although it is often forgotten that he was a brigade commander at the First Battle of Bull Run, and that the Civil War actually finished with General Joseph E. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general." As a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), Sherman was recognized for his outstanding command of military strategy but criticized for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States, especially in 18. Synonymous with barbarity in the South, Sherman is lauded as a war hero in the North, and modern historians consider him the harbinger of total war. William Tecumseh Sherman (Febru– February 14, 1891) holds a unique position in American history.
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