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Excerpt from The Life and Public Services of John Sherman Ohn sherman's paternal ancestors emigrated from Essex County, in old England, to Massachusetts and Connecticut, in New England, at the time when those colonies rose suddenly, like the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from John Sherman: What the Has Said and Done, Being a History of the Life and Public Serivces of the Hon. John Sherman Lest, however, some may take up this little volume that have not the leisure nor the taste to wade through the ponderous deeds and solid speeches here so briefly stated, nor the time and thought needed to appreciate the efforts by which so mighty a work has been achieved, the writer will present a brief digest of the facts and the reasons for presenting them. The writing and publishing of a sketch of Mr. Sher man's life at this time will necessarily be regarded as an attempt to pave his way to the Presidency. The publi cation of it mav mean that; but in the whole s...
General William Tecumseh Sherman has come down to us as the implacable destroyer of the Civil War, notorious for his burning of Atlanta and his brutal march to the sea. A probing biography that explains Sherman's style of warfare and the threads of self-possession and insecurity that made up his character. Photos.
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