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- English
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Sherman's March
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New York Timesâbestselling author's account of the devastating military campaign that broke the Confederacy's back in the last months of the Civil War.
In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, Gen. William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness accounts, bestselling author Burke Davis tells the story of this infamous episode from the perspective of the Union soldiers and the Confederate men and women who stood in their path. Eloquent, heartrending, and vastly informative, Sherman's March brilliantly examines one of the most polarizing figures in American military history and offers priceless insights into the enduring legacy of the Civil War.
In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, Gen. William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness accounts, bestselling author Burke Davis tells the story of this infamous episode from the perspective of the Union soldiers and the Confederate men and women who stood in their path. Eloquent, heartrending, and vastly informative, Sherman's March brilliantly examines one of the most polarizing figures in American military history and offers priceless insights into the enduring legacy of the Civil War.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. âHe believes in hard warâ
- 2. âI can make Georgia howl!â
- 3. âIâll have to harden my heartâ
- 4. âThe most gigantic pleasure expeditionâ
- 5. âWe never wanted to fightâ
- 6. âOur degradation was bitterâ
- 7. âI donât war on women and childrenâ
- 8. âEven the sun seemed to hide its faceâ
- 9. âAn inhuman barbarous proceedingâ
- 10. âIâve got Savannah!â
- 11. âA Christmas giftâ
- 12. âAn almost criminal dislike of the Negroâ
- 13. âNo such army since the days of Julius Caesarâ
- 14. âWeâll destroy no private propertyâ
- 15. âThe day of Jubilo has comeâ
- 16. âFor the first time I am ashamedâ
- 17. âDeath to all foragersâ
- 18. âRebels have no rightsâ
- 19. âKilpatrickâs shirt-tail skedaddleâ
- 20. âI can whip Joe Johnstonâ
- 21. âHe shall have no restâ
- 22. âThey donât drive worth a damnâ
- 23. âSplendid legs! Splendid legs!â
- 24. âWhoâs doing this surrendering, anyhow?â
- 25. âSherman has fatally blunderedâ
- 26. âWashington is as corrupt as hellâ
- 27. âThey march like the lords of the worldâ
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright Page