This eBook edition of “The Life of Uncle Billy: Autobiography of General Sherman” has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
First published ten years after the end of the Civil War, “Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman” were among the first memoirs written by one of the prominent Civil War generals. The memoirs caused a lot of controversy, especially because of the author's unfair treatment of General Grant. General Sherman replied to his critics: “…any witness who may disagree with me should publish his own version of facts in the truthful narration of which he is interested.”
Contents:
From 1820 to the Mexican War, 1846
Early Recollections of California—1846–1848
Missouri, Louisiana, and California—1850–1855
California—1855–1857
California, New York, and Kansas—1857–1859
Louisiana—1859–1861
Missouri—April and May, 1861
From the Battle of Bull Run to Paducah—1861–1862
Battle of Shiloh— March and April, 1862
Shiloh to Memphis— April to July, 1862
Memphis to Arkansas Post— July, 1862, to January, 1863
Vicksburg— January to July, 1863
Chattanooga and Knoxville— July to December, 1863
Meridian Campaign— January and February, 1864
Atlanta Campaign— Nashville and Chattanooga to Kenesaw— March, April, and May, 1864
Atlanta Campaign— Battles About Kenesaw Mountain— June, 1864
Atlanta Campaign— Battles About Atlanta—july, 1864
Capture of Atlanta— August and September, 1864
Atlanta and After— Pursuit of Hood— September and October, 1864
The March to the Sea--from Atlanta to Savannah-— November and December, 1864
Savannah and Pocotaligo-— December, 1864, and January, 1865
Campaign of the Carolinas-— February and March, 1865
End of the War-— From Goldsboro' to Raleigh and Washington-— April and May, 1865
Military Lessons of the War After the War
