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1 online resource (209 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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The American crisis series |
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American crisis series.
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Burning the march into memory -- Sherman -- Industrial-strength Sherman : the press, the idea, the myth -- Sherman among the historians -- Still marching : Sherman in literature -- Long remember : Sherman on stage and screen, in song and poetry -- In Sherman's tracks -- The march and its myths |
| Summary |
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, andcrops; 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 explanationwas required. That remains true today. Legends and myths about Sherman began forming du |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Historiography
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- In literature
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- In motion pictures
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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 fast |
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Sherman, William T. swd |
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Sherman's March through the Carolinas -- Historiography
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Sherman's March to the Sea -- Historiography
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HISTORY.
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Historiography
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Literature
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Motion pictures
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ashdown, Paul, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9781442201279 |
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1442201274 |
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128252223X |
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9781282522237 |
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