David Moore
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2014
- Location
- Washington, DC
Garfield is an interesting and complex character who always had his own self interest in mind. In the end he liked -even loved- Rosecrans. He defended his military career and understood that politics played a big role in Rosecrans' fate. They did have a final break in 1880 because of politics. President Garfield would be assassinated the next year.Thanks for the suggestions! Did Castel write Decision in the West? I truly enjoyed that one.
Looking through some of the previous posts, I notice there was some talk about Garfield. I grew up at the James A. Garfield house in Mentor, Ohio, and am actually quite familiar with his story. He and Rosecrans were very close, but then he also seemed to undercut Rosecrans at times. Garfield was able to market himself (to use a modern term) as a hero of Chickamauga on the way to the presidency.
Albert Castel did write Decision in the West. He is one of the most important historians of the CW. He wrote a book of essays Winning and Losing in the Civil War which includes an essay about Sherman's Memoirs titled Prevaricating through Georgia.