The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans

by Royster, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780679738787
• ISBN10: 0679738789
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-11
• Publisher: Vintage

Summary

From the moment the Civil War began, partisans on both sides were calling not just for victory but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige. In this vivid and fearfully persuasive book, Charles Royster looks at William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, the men who came to embody the apocalyptic passions of North and South, and re-creates their characters, their strategies, and the feelings they inspired in their countrymen. At once an incisive dual biography, hypnotically engrossing military history, and a cautionary examination of the American penchant for patriotic bloodshed, The Destructive War is a work of enormous power.

Author Biography

Charles Royster is a historian, a teacher, and an author. He served as the Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University and is the recipient of the Bancoft, Parkman, and Lincoln Prizes. His works include Light-Horse Harry Lee, The Destructive War, and A Revolutionary People at War. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

The Destruction of Columbia

The Aggressive War: Jackson

The Aggressive War: Sherman

The Anomalous War

The Death of Stonewall

The Vicarious War

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

The Destructive War —

The Last Year —

The War and the Future of the Nation

The Grand Review

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