The Generals' Civil War: What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today

by Stephen Cushman

Book Overview

In December 1885, under the watchful eye of Mark Twain, the publishing firm of Charles L. Webster and Company released the first volume of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. With a second volume published in March 1886, Grant's memoirs became a popular sensation. Seeking to capitalize on Grant's success and interest in earlier reminiscences by Joseph E. Johnston, William T. Sherman, and Richard Taylor, other Civil War generals such as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469666022
• ISBN13: 9781469666020
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.7" x 9.2"