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<p>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, particularly as the creator and enactor of the "total war" policy. In Demon of the Lost Cause, Wesley Moody examines these perplexing contradictions and how they and others function in past and present myths about Sherman. Throughout this fascinating study of Sherman's reputation, from his first public servant role as the major general for the state of California until his death in 1891, Moody explores why Sherman remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. Using contemporary newspaper accounts, Sherman's letters and memoirs, as well as biographies of Sherman and histories of his times, Moody reveals that Sherman's shifting reputation was formed by whoever controlled the message, whether it was the Lost Cause historians of the South, Sherman's enemies in the North, or Sherman himself. With his famous "March to the Sea" in Georgia, the general became known for inventing a brutal warfare where the conflict is brought

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Author

Moody, Wesley

Publisher

University of Missouri Press, Chicago Distribution Center [distributor

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826219459

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, History

Rating

3.17 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14