the story of soldiers and civilians during Sherman's campaign
Kennett, Lee B
1995
Captures the experiences of the soldiers and civilians who were caught up in General Sherman's campaign, one of the most bitterly remembered campaigns of the Civil War.
An annotated edition of William Tecumseh Sherman's memoirs, in which he discusses his life from his birth in 1820 through his Civil War days as commanding general of the Union forces in the West, up to his retirement from the military in 1884.
Describes the devastation incurred by the Union general's march from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War--an act which hastened the Confederate surrender by destroying the South's economic resources.