St Point graduate and a retired brigadier general Army Reserves finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts not at all defined by the implications of “total war” His scruffy disheveled appearance belied an unconventional and unyielding intellect Intensely loyal to superior officers especially Ulysses S Grant he was also a stalwart individualist Confident enough to make demands face to face with President Lincoln he sympathetically listened to the problems of newly freed slaves on his famed march from Atlanta to Savannah Dubbed “no soldier” during his years at West Point Sherman.
american free general book American General KindleSt Point graduate and a retired brigadier general Army Reserves finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts not at all defined by the implications of “total war” His scruffy disheveled appearance belied an unconventional and unyielding intellect Intensely loyal to superior officers especially Ulysses S Grant he was also a stalwart individualist Confident enough to make demands face to face with President Lincoln he sympathetically listened to the problems of newly freed slaves on his famed march from Atlanta to Savannah Dubbed “no soldier” during his years at West Point Sherman.