Sherman's March in Myth and Memory"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 death in 1891, when one said "The March," no explanation was required. That remains true today."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Burning the March into Memory | 1 |
Sherman | 9 |
IndustrialStrength Sherman The Press the Idea the Myth | 37 |
Sherman among the Historians | 65 |
Still Marching Sherman in Literature | 89 |
Long Remember Sherman on Stage and Screen in Song and Poetry | 129 |
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