‘Somewhere Toward Freedom’ Review: Under Sherman’s Wing
Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage ...
The New Yorker7d
The Other Side of Sherman’s March
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...
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William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution5d
Bookshelf: New book asserts Sherman’s March was a historic but flawed liberation event
Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...
Washington Monthly1mon
In Sherman’s Wake
showing the notorious William Tecumseh Sherman sporting a lewd grin as he grasped an Olympic torch. “Atlanta’s Original Torch-Bearer,” snarked the caption. Somewhere Toward Freedom ...
The New York Times17d
The Tragedies That Came After Freedom in the American South
SOMEWHERE TOWARD FREEDOM: Sherman’s March and the Story of America’s Largest Emancipation, by Bennett Parten Commanding an army of some 60,000 men, in late 1864, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh ...
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Episode 8 | War Is All Hell (1865)
The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March ...