Sherman’s Recollections of California, 1846-1848, 1855-1857, from his Memoirs

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LibriVox recording of Sherman’s Recollections of California, 1846-1848, 1855-1857, from his Memoirs by William Tecumseh Sherman. Read in English by David Wales. 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 Cape Horn aboard the converted sloop USS Lexington. Due to the confined spaces aboard-ship, Sherman grew close to Halleck and Ord, and in his Memoirs references a hike with Halleck to the summit of Corcovado, notable as the future spot of the Cristo Redentor statue. Sherman and Ord reached the town of Yerba Buena, in California, two days before its name was changed to San Francisco. In 1848, Sherman accompanied the military governor of California, Col. Richard Barnes Mason, in the inspection that officially confirmed that gold had been d…

Directors & creators

William Tecumseh Sherman

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;California; American West; frontier; california history; military life

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