Robert O’Connell’s Sherman is a complex and vibrant man—a - TopicsExpress



          

Robert O’Connell’s Sherman is a complex and vibrant man—a “firehose of ideas”, voluble and mercurial, yet cool under pressure. Above all he was a strategic thinker able to adapt to changing circumstances. His men adored him as “Uncle Billy”, not least because he took care not to waste their lives in futile charges (“I’d follow Uncle Billy to hell,” said one soldier). He was a “modern Attila”, who continued to campaign ruthlessly against the Indians and their buffalo when, after the civil war ended, he took responsibility for the security of America’s transcontinental railway, then under construction. After Grant was elected president, Sherman replaced him as America’s leading general. semcoop/book/9781400069729 Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh Sherman (Hardcover) By Robert L. OConnell $28.00
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:09:34 +0000

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