Shermans March, Richard Wheeler
Shermans March, Richard Wheeler
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Shermans March
An Eyewitness History of the Cruel Campaign that Helped End a Crueler War

Author: Richard Wheeler

Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/12/2008

Synopsis

General William Tecumseh Sherman is known as the man who said War is hell and who waged it so fiercely as to leave a permanent scar on the Southern psyche. But Civil War historian Richard Wheeler offers a new view of Sherman, as a man of compassion as well as conviction, a military leader who was ahead of his time in understanding that the destruction of supplies and propertythe means to wage warwas as important as meeting and destroying enemy armies.Wheeler has created a seamless, highly readable yet historically accurate narrative with extracts from letters, diaries, memoirs, and firstperson reports from the period. The result is a dramatic and detailed account of this important campaign as one which, though highly destructive, doubtlessly shortened the Civil War appreciably, saving thousands of lives, Rebel as well as Yank.

About Richard Wheeler

Richard Wheeler, an ex-marine, is the award-winning author of numerous books of military history, eleven of which deal with different Civil War campaigns and battles, including Voices of the Civil War, winner of the New York Civil War Round Table’s Fletcher Pratt Award. Wheeler is also the author of Voices of 1776: The Story of the American Revolution in the Words of Those Who Were There.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Louis on March 11, 2021

Richard Wheeler's oral histories allow readers to put themselves in the past. Reading them, I have a good idea how the American Revolution or the Battle of Iwo Jima would have felt as an experience. This account of William Tecumseh Sherman's "march to the sea" through Georgia in 1864 feels tangible......more

Goodreads review by Steve on July 19, 2024

In interesting view of Sherman’s Match to the Sea. If you have heard nothing but that Sherman was an American terrorist, you’ll be surprised to learn how General Sherman truly felt about the south, and southerners in general. A deep bibliography accompanies the text, but doesn’t footnote the text so......more

Goodreads review by Barry on June 30, 2018

Mr Wheeler has done great research and produced many personal vignettes on General Sherman's March from soldiers and civilians from both South and North. I learned a lot about Sherman and would recommend this book - would give it a 3.5 if possible.......more

Goodreads review by Hans on December 26, 2020

Richard Wheeler's "Sherman's March" is a classic history of William Tecumseh Sherman's 1864-5 March to the Sea and Carolina Campaign that, even nearly fifty years after it was published, still deserves a place of honor on the shelf of any Civil War enthusiast.......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on June 27, 2023

LOVED. historical nerd alert. Very easy read and educational. Most of it was real accounts from soldiers, Sherman, and civilians. Whole new perspective on the civil war!......more

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