General Sherman's Official Account of His Great March Through Georgia and the Carolinas: (Abridged)In late 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman took 62,000 men (55,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 2,000 artillerymen manning 64 guns) in two divided columns on a 300-mile march from the captured city of Atlanta to Savannah on the sea. It was a daring and unprecedented maneuver, extending his army far beyond supply lines. But it was successful, and brought the South's infrastructure and economy to its knees. The Operation was devastating to Georgia and the Confederacy. Sherman himself estimated that the campaign had inflicted $100 million in damage in 1864 dollars.But the march was not without controversy. The scorched-earth policy of the campaign made Sherman's name despised in the South. In this fascinating report, Sherman makes his official accounting to congress for his action. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample. |
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Admiral Dahlgren Allatoona April April 21 artillery Atlanta Augusta battle Bentonville brigade camps Cape Fear River captured cavalry Charleston Chattahoochie Colonel column Confederate army cross Dalton Davis Davis’s Decatur direction dispatch east enemy enemy’s Ferry Field Fifteenth Corps force Fort McAllister Fourteenth Corps Garrard’s cavalry Gaylesville Georgia Goldsboro Government Halleck HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION hostilities Howard infantry intrenched J. E. JOHNSTON Johnston’s army Jonesboro Kenesaw Kilpatrick left wing letter Lincoln Macon Major-General Major-General commanding McPherson miles MISSISSIPPI moved movement night North Carolina o’clock officers Ogeechee orders peace pontoon bridge position President prisoners pushed railroad Raleigh reached rear Resaca retreat Richmond right wing River road Savannah Schofield secretary secretary of war sent Seventeenth Corps skirmishing Slocum South Special Field Orders Stanton Station Stoneman supplies surrender telegram telegraph Tennessee Thomas Thomas’s troops truce Twentieth Corps United Virginia W. T. SHERMAN wagons Washington Wilson