Identifier: lifedeedsofgener02nort (find matches)
Title: Life and deeds of General Sherman, including the story of his great march to the sea ..
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Generals
Publisher: Philadelphia, National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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her general. All readers are interested in personal anecdotes andreminiscences concerning great men. In the long lifeand checkered career of General Sherman many inci-dents occurred, and account of which the public isanxious to obtain. Stories of camp-life, long marcheshardships of the campaign, and anecdotes concerningGeneral Shermans private life and intercourse withhis old comrades enliven the pages of this volume.Side by side stand with him other brilliant heroes inthe nations struggle, and a picture of him as a manamong men is presented. The demonstration of sympathy and sorrow whenhis death occurred has scarcely been paralleled in thiscountry. Sherman was loved by everybody, as wellas admired. His death struck home to the heart ofthe nation. All classes of citizens, including thePresident, members of the Cabinet, army and navalofficers, merchants, farmers, professional men, therich, the poor, vied with each other at his funeral *.ntelling of his glory and in honoring his memory.
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CONTENTS. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. J^ Rkmarkabi^e Famii^y.—The Ii,i,ustrious Commandsr»sBari^y Life and Struggi.es.—Born to be a Hero . . 17 CHAPTER II. Education at West Point.—Chasing Savage Seminoi^ES inTHE South ... 25 CHAPTER III.A Recruiting Officer.—Stirring Times in Cai^ifornia . 32 CHAPTER IV Shermans Romantic Marriage.—Banker in CawforniaAND New York.—Become a Lawyer 40 CHAPTER V. Prophet and Patriot.—Advice to the War DepartmentTHEATED AS A Proof of Insanity 50 CHAPTER VI. Army of the Tennessee.—Sherman Co-operates withGrant.—Forward Movements 65 CHAPTER VII. From Ati,anta to the Sea.—^Thrii,i.ing Story of One ofTHE Greatest Feats in Military History ... 78 vii Vlll CONTENTS.* CHAPTER VIII. Important Letter of Generai. Sherman.—The CountryDeIvUded in the Eari,y Part of the War.—Strange.Charge op Lunacy 95 CHAPTER IX.After the War.—Not a Candidate for the Presidency.—Sketch of the Hero.—Life in New York . . .113 CHAPTER X.Reminiscences of the Renownelifedeedsofgener02nort

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