Sherman’s Recollections of California, 1846-1848, 1855-1857, from his Memoirs
Author: first_name: William Tecumseh
last_name: Sherman
Language: English
Year: 1889

This LibriVox recording comprises three chapters from American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Memoirs.  The chapters deal with a posting to California in his pre-Civil War military career in the years 1846-1848.  While many of his colleagues saw action in the Mexican-American War, Sherman performed administrative duties in the captured territory of California. Along with fellow Lieutenants Henry Halleck and Edward Ord, Sherman embarked from New York on the 198-day journey around Ca