William Tecumseh Sherman is known primarily for having cut a swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War. From the fame of these years, however, he moved into an eighteen-year phase of ""insuring the tranquility"" of the vast region of the American West. As commander of the Division of the Missouri from 1865 to 1869 and General of the Army of the United States under President Grant from 1869 to 1883, Sherman facilitated expansion and settlement in the West while suppressing the raids of the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, Comanche, and Crow Indians. Robert G. Athearn explores Sherman's and his army's roles in the settling of the West, especially within the broad framework of railroad construction, Indian policy, political infighting, and popular opinion.

About the Author
Robert G. Athearn was professor of history at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the author of numerous books, among them Forts of the Upper Missouri, Union Pacific Country, and The Mythic West in Twentieth-Century America.

William M. Ferraro, assistant editor with the Ulysses S. Grant Association, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, is also assistant editor of volumes 1 and 2 of The Salmon P. Chase Papers.

J. Thomas Murphy, who served as assistant editor for four volumes of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, teaches at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas.

Reviews
The author brings out clearly General Sherman's view that the principal function of the army on the frontier was to protect the building of the railroads rather than the protection of isolated settlements.... An important contribution."" - Journal of American History




Book Information
ISBN 9780806127699
Author Robert G. Athearn
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint University of Oklahoma Press
Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
Weight(grams) 592g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm