Sherman's March in Myth and Memory

by Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill

Book Overview

General William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating "March to the Sea" in 1864 burned a swath through the cities and countryside of Georgia and into the history of the American Civil War. As they moved from Atlanta to Savannah-destroying homes, buildings, and crops; killing livestock; and consuming supplies-Sherman and the Union army ignited not only southern property, but also imaginations, in both the North and the South. By the time of the general's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742550273
• ISBN13: 9780742550278
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"