Charles Bracelen Flood

Grant and Sherman

The Friendship That Won the Civil War

Buch

They were both prewar failures—Grant, forced to resign from the Regular Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, holding four different jobs, including a much-loved position at a southern military academy—in the years before the firing on Fort Sumter. They began their unique collaboration ten months into the war, at the Battle of Shiloh, each carefully taking the other's measure. They shared the demands of family life and the heartache of personal tragedy. They shared similar philosophies of battle, employed similar strategies and tactics, and remained in close, virtually daily communication throughout the conflict. They were incontestably… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-114871-2
EAN: 9780061148712
Produktnummer: 19437034
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 496 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Charles Bracelen Flood is the author of Lee: The Last Years; Hitler: The Path to Power; and Rise, and Fight Again: Perilous Times Along the Road to Independence, winner of an American Revolution Round Table Award. He lives with his wife on a farm in Richmond, Kentucky.