Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil WarMacmillan, 2005 - 460 páginas We were as brothers, William Tecumseh Sherman said, describing his relationship to Ulysses S. Grant. They were incontestably two of the most important figures in the Civil War, but until now there has been no book about their victorious partnership and the deep friendship that made it possible. They were prewar failures--Grant, forced to resign from the Regular Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, who held four different jobs, including a beloved position at a military academy in the South, during the four years before the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. But heeding the call to save the Union each struggled past political hurdles to join the war effort. And taking each other's measure at the Battle of Shiloh, ten months into the war, they began their unique collaboration. Often together under fire on the war's great battlefields, they smoked cigars as they gave orders and learned from their mistakes as well as from their shrewd decisions. They shared the demands of family life and the heartache of loss, including the tragic death of Shermans's favorite son. They supported each other in the face of mudslinging criticism by the press and politicians. Their growing mutual admiration and trust, which President Lincoln increasingly relied upon, would set the stage for the crucial final year of the war. While Grant battled with Lee in the campaigns that ended at Appomattox Court House, Sherman first marched through Georgia to Atlanta, and then continued with his epic March to the Sea. Not only did Grant and Sherman come to think alike, but, even though their headquarters at that time were hundreds of miles apart, they were in virtually daily communication strategizing the finalmoves of the war and planning how to win the peace that would follow. Moving and elegantly written, Grant and Sherman is an historical page turner: a gripping portrait of two men, whose friendship, forged on the battlefield, would win the Civil War. |
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Contenido
PROLOGUE | 3 |
TWO FAILED MEN WITH GREAT POTENTIAL | 7 |
GRANT AWAKENS | 38 |
SHERMAN GOES IN | 50 |
GRANT MOVES FORWARD WITH SHERMAN IN A SUPPORTING ROLE | 80 |
THE BOND FORGED AT SHILOH | 90 |
POLITICAL PROBLEMS MILITARY CHALLENGES THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS | 130 |
THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG | 160 |
GRANT SHERMAN AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOLD A COUNCIL OF WARAND PEACE | 292 |
I NOW FEEL LIKE ENDING THE MATTER GRANTS FINAL OFFENSIVE | 303 |
THE DAYS AFTER APPOMATTOX JOY AND GRIEF | 312 |
SHERMAN IN TROUBLE | 335 |
GRANT SHERMAN AND THE RADICALS | 356 |
A PARADE FOR EVERYONE AND A HEARING FOR SHERMAN | 365 |
THE PAST AND FUTURE MARCH UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE | 377 |
LEnvoi | 398 |
PAIN AND PLEASURE ON THE LONG ROAD TO CHATTANOOGA AND MISSIONARY RIDGE | 190 |
CONFUSION AT CHATTANOOGA | 209 |
GRANT AND SHERMAN BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE WINNING STRATEGY | 230 |
SHERMAN SAVES LINCOLNS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN | 246 |
PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP SAVANNAH FOR CHRISTMAS | 261 |
THE MARCH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS AND AN ADDITIONAL TEST OF FRIENDSHIP | 281 |
NOTES | 401 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 427 |
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INDEX | 443 |
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Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Charles Bracelen Flood Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Charles Bracelen Flood Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War Charles Bracelen Flood Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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