William Tecumseh Sherman: The Fight to Preserve the UnionThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 15. aug 2003 - 112 pages The American Civil War will come alive as students read this fascinating biography on William Tecumseh Sherman. Often called the first modern general because he used economic tactics to defeat his enemy, Sherman was also known for being a man of honor and principle. Students will follow along as exciting events such as Sherman s famous march to the sea unfold through the use of vivid language and rich primary source art, documents, and artifacts. |
Contents
A Man of Contradictions | 5 |
Missing the Mexican War | 19 |
Leaving the Army | 30 |
A Disastrous Year | 39 |
Grant Shows the Way | 48 |
Triumph and Tragedy | 56 |
The Atlanta Campaign | 68 |
Shermans Marches | 77 |
Commander of the Army | 90 |
Common terms and phrases
Alfred Waud Archives Atlanta attack BACON'S MILITARY MAP bank Battle of Shiloh began brother Bull Run cadets California campaign Catholic Charles Sherman Charleston Civil command Confederacy Confederate forces Confederate troops Congress Prints Cumberland Cump Cump's defend destroyed Donelson February fight fire forage Fort Moultrie Georgia Grant Halleck John Joseph Johnston July Kentucky Lancaster Learning and Military Library of Congress Louis Louisiana Seminary Lucas Mathew Brady Mississippi named newspapers North Northerners officers Ohio Photographs Division Polk portrait president Prints and Photographs railroad regiments retreat secede Seminole Sherman and Ellen Sherman felt Sherman moved Sherman returned Sherman took Sherman wrote Sherman's troops slave slavery South Carolina Southern Stanton supplies Tennessee River territory Thomas Ewing told Turner U.S. Army U.S. Military Academy Union army Union forces Union troops Vicksburg volunteers W.T. Sherman Washington West Point William Tecumseh Sherman William Waud York