Formative years, 1822-1861. Origin and evolution of the Sherman family to 1840 ; Leaping the mark : soldier or civilian? 1840-1852 ; Unfortunate civilian, 1853-1861
Working his way, March 1861-March 1864. Brigade commander, March-August 1861 ; Departmental commander - and disaster, August-December 1861 ; Divisional commander, January-July 1862 ; Corps commander, July-December 1862 ; From corps command to army command, January-December 1863 ; Army command, October 1863-March 1864
Command of the military division of the Mississippi. First contact, March-May 1864 ; Over the Chattahoochee, May-July 1864 ; Slogging on to Atlanta, July-September 1864 ; Marching on to Savannah, September-December 1864 ; Marching to victory, December 1864-April 1865
Things will never be the same again : the reckoning. The transition to peacetime soldiering, 1865-1869 ; Commanding general of the army, 1869-1884 ; Retirement of a kind, 1884-1891
Conclusion : weighed in the balance and not found wanting.