Just finished a book on Shermans march through Georgia and the Carolina's.
To believe that after Lincoln was assasinated Stanton accused Sherman of everything from
aiding Jeff Davis's escape to claiming that Sherman was going to march on Washington and
install himself as dictator is mind boggling.
The book is a good read and is called "Shermans March" by Burke Davis
The thing that also stood out was that after he left Atlanta his troops only fought in 1 pitched battle.
Lots of skirmishing and smaller affairs though the whole way.
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