Quest for a star
Subtitle: the Civil War letters and diaries of Colonel Francis T. Sherman of the 88th Illinois
By: edited, with Commentary, by C. Knight Aldrich.
Contributors: Aldrich, C. Knight 1914-; United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 88th (1862-1865)
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War; Voices of the Civil War series.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press; Univ Tennessee Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Sherman, Francis Trowbridge, 1825-1905 -- Correspondence.; United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 88th (1862-1865); Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "Francis Trowbridge Sherman of Chicago recorded his Civil War experiences in both diaries and letters to his family. Published here for the first time, his writings are notable not only for their vivid descriptions of his wartime service but also for their insights into the volatile politics of the era.".

"Colonel Sherman's diaries and letters have been carefully edited and annotated by C. Knight Aldrich, his great-grandson, who places them in historical perspective. A psychiatrist by training, Dr. Aldrich also offers some speculation about the inner conflicts that may have fueled Sherman's ambitions and political beliefs."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Chicago innkeeper and his son: 1834-1862; title: The 88th Illinois goes to war: autumn, 1862; title: Battle of Stones River: winter, 1862-1863; title: Chicago politics: spring, 1863; title: A quiet spring in camp, 1863; title: Tullahoma campaign: summer, 1863; title: Defeat and reorganization: autumn, 1863; title: Missionary Ridge: November 1863; title: "A series of blunders": winter, 1863-1864; title: Invasion of North Georgia: spring, 1864; title: Guest of the Confederacy: summer, 1864; title: Road to Appomattox: spring, 1865; title: National tragedy and personal disappointment: spring, 1865; title: End of the quest: summer, 1865, and after; title: Notes; title: Bibliography.