Category Archives: American Civil War

Born in Lancaster, Ohio February 8, 1820, William Tecumseh was the son of Charles Robert and Mary Sherman. Charles Robert was a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, and whose untimely death in 1829 left his widow with eleven children and no inheritance. Nine year old William was adopted into the familyContinue reading “General William T. Sherman”

Vicksburg  had a population of 5,000. It set on a 200 foot bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi river  below , the river  jagged into a steep hairpin curve.   Between there and Memphis, TN the bluffs ran far inland and the land around the rive, if it could be called land, was swampyContinue reading “The Assault on Vicksburg Part 1”

Vicksburg had a population of 5,000. It set on a 200 foot bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi river below , the river jagged into a steep hairpin curve. Between there and Memphis, TN the bluffs ran far inland and the land around the rive, if it could be called land, was swampyContinue reading “The Assault on Vicksburg Part 1”

It’s just ok. The author is no military historian, so his description of battles was pitiful and would be confusing for anyone not already very familiar with the various campaigns. The author is also extremely biased toward Grant, ignoring or breezing over many of his failures and missteps and petty moments during the war andContinue reading “American Ulysses (Book Review)”