Demon of the Lost Cause : Sherman and Civil War history / Wesley Moody.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moody, Wesley.

Series:

Shades of blue and gray series.

Shades of blue and gray series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sherman's March to the Sea--Historiography.

Sherman's March to the Sea.

Public opinion--Southern States.

Public opinion.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.

United States.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.

Sherman, William T.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Public opinion.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--In literature.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--In motion pictures.

Physical Description:

ix, 190 p. : ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Sherman and Civil War history

Place of Publication:

Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of the Civil War, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman was surprisingly more popular in the newly defeated South than he was in the North. Yet only thirty years later, his name was synonymous with evil and destruction in the South. Here, historian Wesley Moody examines these perplexing contradictions and how they and others function in past and present myths about Sherman. Demon of the Lost Cause reveals the machinations behind the Sherman myth and the reasons behind the acceptance of such myths, no matter who invented them. In the case of Sherman's own mythmaking, Moody postulates that his motivation was to secure a military position to support his wife and children. For the other Sherman mythmakers, personal or political gain was typically the rationale. In tracing Sherman's ever-changing reputation, Moody sheds light on current and past understanding of the Civil War through the lens of one of its most controversial figures.--From publisher description.

Contents:

1. The prewar years and the early war

2. The Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea

3. The commanding general versus the North

4. The war of the memoirs

5. Sherman's last years

6. Sherman versus the lost cause

7. Embracing the lost cause

8. Sherman in film

9. Sherman and the modern historians.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826272669

0826272665

OCLC:

868218144