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Terrible Swift Sword : The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan

ISBN: 9780306820274 | 0306820277
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date: 8/7/2012

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SummaryTable of Contents
Alongside Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan is the least known of the triumvirate of generals most responsible for winning the Civil War. Yet, before Sherman's famous march through Georgia, it was General Sheridan who introduced scorched-earth warfare to the South, and it was his Cavalry Corps that compelled Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Sheridan's innovative cavalry tactics and "total war" strategy became staples of twentieth-century warfare. After the war, Sheridan ruthlessly suppressed th... MORE
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Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Prologuep. xiii
Rise from Obscurityp. 1
Stones Riverp. 21
Defeat and Victory at Chatanoogap. 39
Sheridan's Cavalry Corpsp. 57
Killing Jeb Stuartp. 73
The Shenandoah Valleyp. 93
Triumph at Winchesterp. 107
Burning the Valleyp. 121
Miracle at Cedar Creekp. 139
The End of Jubal Early's Armyp. 161
Waterloo for the Confederacyp. 169
The Race to Appomattoxp. 187
Ruler of the Southwestp. 209
Winter War on the Southern Plainsp. 229
Lieutenant General Sheridanp. 249
Final Conquest of the Plains Indiansp. 263
The Conservationist Generalp. 285
Epiloguep. 307
Notesp. 315
Bibliographyp. 351
Indexp. 363
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