Sherman's forgotten general : Henry W. Slocum /
"Biography of Union major general Henry W. Slocum. Author explores Slocum's attitudes and tactics while serving under various Civil War generals such as George McClellan, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, and William Tecumseh Sherman"--Provided by publisher
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
©2007.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780826265883 082626588X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Sherman's Forgotten General HENRY W. SLOCUM; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Early Life The Speculator Goes to West Point, to Work, and to War; CHAPTER 2 "I attended services at Manassas last Sunday" The Battle of Bull Run and After; CHAPTER 3 Principles, Party, and Promotions From Bull Run to Antietam; CHAPTER 4 Corps Command and Controversy Harpers Ferry, the Mud March, and Chancellorsville; CHAPTER 5 "Stay and fight it out" McClellan at Gettysburg by Proxy; CHAPTER 6 "Where is Slocum?" Tennessee, Vicksburg, and Atlanta.
- CHAPTER 7 "Sherman's mud-sills of the North" To Savannah and BentonvilleCHAPTER 8 Trifling with Fair Fame Political Suicide in 1865; CHAPTER 9 The Old Soldier Fades Away Business Booms in Brooklyn; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index.