On to Atlanta

On to Atlanta

by John Hill Ferguson
4/5

Historians have shown us the drama and sweep of the swathe Sherman's March cut through the South.

Officers have bequeathed us accounts of what happened in strategic and practical terms.

But for a gritty, day-by-day, on-the-ground view of what the march to.

Format
161 pages
First published
2008
Publishers
University of Nebraska Press

Many books are written by Generals who give the overall strategy for campaigns but for me, I like reading the common soldiers viewpoint as it was he who marched the dusty roads of the south, struggled through the mud, and put his life on the line while fighting for his convictions. It was mostly western troops who marched to Atlanta and then onto the sea and along with Sherman, made Georgia howl as they cut a 60 mile swath through the heartland of this rebellious state.

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