McClellan, Sherman, and GrantIn this volume, the author discusses three Union generals in terms of their characters and speculates about how their personalities affected their generalship. |
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A Note on Generalship | 3 |
George Brinton McClellan | 9 |
William Tecumseh Sherman | 45 |
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