LEADER 03189nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910461294903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-7266-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000160879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000688451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11471955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10607510 035 $a(PQKB)10466531 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3440757 035 $a(OCoLC)868218144 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26892 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3440757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546064 035 $a(OCoLC)932311691 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000160879 100 $a20110402d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemon of the Lost Cause$b[electronic resource] $eSherman and Civil War history /$fWesley Moody 210 $aColumbia [Mo.] ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2011 215 $aix, 190 p. $cill., ports 225 1 $aShades of blue and gray series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8262-1945-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. The prewar years and the early war -- 2. The Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea -- 3. The commanding general versus the North -- 4. The war of the memoirs -- 5. Sherman's last years -- 6. Sherman versus the lost cause -- 7. Embracing the lost cause -- 8. Sherman in film -- 9. Sherman and the modern historians. 330 $aAt the end of the Civil War, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman was surprisingly more popular in the newly defeated South than he was in the North. Yet only thirty years later, his name was synonymous with evil and destruction in the South. Here, historian Wesley Moody examines these perplexing contradictions and how they and others function in past and present myths about Sherman. Demon of the Lost Cause reveals the machinations behind the Sherman myth and the reasons behind the acceptance of such myths, no matter who invented them. In the case of Sherman's own mythmaking, Moody postulates that his motivation was to secure a military position to support his wife and children. For the other Sherman mythmakers, personal or political gain was typically the rationale. In tracing Sherman's ever-changing reputation, Moody sheds light on current and past understanding of the Civil War through the lens of one of its most controversial figures.--From publisher description. 410 0$aShades of blue and gray series. 517 3 $aSherman and Civil War history 606 $aSherman's March to the Sea$xHistoriography 606 $aPublic opinion$zSouthern States 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xHistoriography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSherman's March to the Sea$xHistoriography. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a907.2 700 $aMoody$b Wesley$0952777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461294903321 996 $aDemon of the Lost Cause$92154057 997 $aUNINA