The Sherman tour journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge
By: edited by Wayne R. Kime.
Contributors: Kime, Wayne R.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895 -- Diaries.; Dodge, Richard Irving, 1827-1895 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 -- Travel -- West (U.S.); United States. Army -- Biography.; United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.; Fortification -- West (U.S.) -- Evaluation -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Genres: Diaries.
Description: "General William Tecumseh Sherman: a flesh-and-blood man obscured by his larger-than-life myth. Here, we have the chance to glimpse the human side of Sherman through the private journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, his former aide-de-camp. With an eye for details, Dodge recounts daily life with the famous general. Editor Wayne R. Kime's insightful commentary and annotations place Dodge's writings in context and make clear their importance.".

"In summer 1883, General Sherman took Dodge with him on a 10,000-mile inspection tour across the northern tier of territories, on to the Pacific Northwest, south through California, and east through the Southwest to Denver.

Dodge had no idea his journals would ever become public, so he wrote openly about his companions and their interactions, terrain and natural wonders, conditions of military posts, life in civilian communities, and what the future seemed to hold for the region and its changing population."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3; title: At Army Headquarters 3; title: Our Wild Indians 18; title: Inspection Tours, South and North 39; title: Assignment's End 46; title: At Headquarters and in the Field 51; title: The 1883 Inspection Tour 75; title: Journal One: June 23-August 29, 1883 86; title: Journal Two: August 30-September 28, 1883 137.