Quote by Ron Chernow

“autobiography of General Sheridan.”

— William F. Cody

“As far as I could tell, Mount Sherman had no ego, no desire to create its own destiny. It was surrendered, as all of…

— Jan Karon

“Both Grant and Sherman were damaged souls who would redeem tarnished reputations in the brutal crucible of war.”

— Ron Chernow

His puppyhood was a period of foolish rebellion. He was always worsted, but he fought back because it was his nature to fight back.…

— Jay London

“In one of my early interviews with the President I expressed my dissatisfaction with the little that had been accomplished by the cavalry so…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“I loved the terrier quality Stuart had. He thought he was such a tough guy.”

— Jacquelyn Mitchard

“He said to me that I might want an officer who had served with me in the West, mentioning Sherman specially, to take his…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“Sherman’s army, after all the depletions, numbered about sixty thousand effective men. All weak men had been left to hold the rear, and those…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“But as those who lived through the Civil War died off, Grant’s reputation faltered. ... A generation that remembered war as mustard gas and…

— Brady Carlson

“By May 1864, the Fort Pillow affair became a matter of Congressional investigations, with many leaders from both Union and Confederate camps anxious to…

— Charles River Editors

General Sherman looked upon journalists as a nuisance and a danger at headquarters and in the field, and acted toward them accordingly, then as…

— Henry Villard

“He lavished his affection on the dog and even had Willie, sitting up on a chair, dine with him at his table. The dog…

— Ladislas Farago