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The events of the war, and the men of the war, are fast fading from the public attention. Its history is growing to be an “Old, Old Story.” Public interest is weakening day by day. The memory of march, and camp, and battle-field, of the long and manly endurance, of the superb and uncomplaining courage, of the mass of sacrifice that redeemed the Nation, is fast dying out. Those who rejoice in the liberty and peace secured by the soldier’s suffering and privation, accept the benefits, but deny or forget the benefactor-1877 National Tribune

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“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted."― D.H. Lawrence
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Sherman’s Demons By MICHAEL FELLMAN Few Americans know, during the first year of the war, on Nov. 9, 1861, General Sherman, paralyzed by depression, was relieved of his command in Kentucky at his own request. Five weeks later, the wire services proclaimed to the nation: GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN INSANE. Sherman experienced erratic emotional ups and downs that he shared with his friends and family. He came back and soared to prominence, but his mental collapse and his recovery, unusually well documented, present a riveting example of the understanding of depressive illness in the Victorian world, and the relationship of bipolar illness to creativity and inspired leadership during difficult times. READ MORE HERE: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/shermans-demons/

Sherman’s Demons

By MICHAEL FELLMAN Few Americans know, during the first year of the war, on Nov. 9, 1861, General Sherman, paralyzed by depression, was relieved of his command in Kentucky at his own request. Five weeks later, the wire services proclaimed to the nation: GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN INSANE. Sherman experienced erratic emotional ups and downs that he shared with his friends and family. He came back and soared to prominence, but his mental collapse and his recovery, unusually well documented, present a riveting example of the understanding of depressive illness in the Victorian world, and the relationship of bipolar illness to creativity and inspired leadership during difficult times. READ MORE HERE: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/shermans-demons/

#General Sherman  #Sherman  #William Tecumseh Sherman  #history  #american civil war  #civil war  #mental Illness  
via The New York Times
5 months ago on December 02, 2012 at 09:02pm
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