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Demon of the Lost Cause : Sherman and Civil War history

Moody, Wesley

Overview

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.

• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Subject: Sherman, William T. 1820-1891. / Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 Public opinion. / Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 In literature. / Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 In motion pictures. / Sherman, William T., 1820-1891. / American Civil War (1861-1865) / Sherman's March to the Sea (1864) / 1861 - 1865 / Sherman's March to the Sea Historiography. / Public opinion Southern States. / Historiography. / Literature. / Motion pictures. / Public opinion. / Geschichtsschreibung. / Mythos. / Sezessionskrieg. / United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography. / Southern States. / United States. / USA.
• ISBN: 9780826219459, 0826219454

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
E467.1.S55 M66 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE