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Loading... Sherman's March Through the Carolinas (original 1956; edition 1996)by John Gilchrist Barrett
Work InformationSherman's March Through the Carolinas by John G. Barrett (1956)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The author was very kind to Sherman. He provides many excuses for the path of destruction that was Sherman's army cut on their march to the sea. There is good detail on the surrender of Johnston and the deal that Sherman cut without the authority of Washington. ( ) no reviews | add a review
In retrospect, General William Tecumseh Sherman considered his march through the Carolinas the greatest of his military feats, greater even than the Georgia campaign. When he set out northward from Savannah with 60,000 veteran soldiers in January 1865, he was more convinced than ever that the bold application of his ideas of total war could speedily end the conflict. John Barrett's story of what happened in the three months that followed is based on printed memoirs and documentary records of those who fought and of the civilians who lived in the path of Sherman's onslaught. The burning of Columbia, the battle of Bentonville, and Joseph E. Johnston's surrender nine days after Appomattox are at the center of the story, but Barrett also focuses on other aspects of the campaign, such as the undisciplined pillaging of the 'bummers,' and on its effects on local populations. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.7385History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War Operations Campaign of 1865 North Carolina, South Carolina, southern Georgia, east Florida (1 Jan.-30 June)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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