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- Sherman's March Through the Carolinas
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
In retrospect, General William Tecumseh Sherman considered his march through the Carolinas the greatest of his military feats, greater even than the Georgia campaign. When he set out northward from Savannah with 60,000 veteran soldiers in January 1865, he was more convinced than ever that the bold application of his ideas of total war could speedily end the conflict. John Barrett's story of what happened in the three months that followed is based on printed memoirs and documentary records of those who fought and of the civilians who lived in the path of Sherman's onslaught. The burning of Columbia, the battle of Bentonville, and Joseph E. Johnston's surrender nine days after Appomattox are at the center of the story, but Barrett also focuses on other aspects of the campaign, such as the undisciplined pillaging of the 'bummers,' and on its effects on local populations.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- p. x
- I. Tent Pins Under a Magnolia
- pp. 3-12
- II. "War Is War"
- pp. 13-26
- III. "Desire to Wreak Vengeance"
- pp. 27-43
- IV. "Sherman Is Stuck Sure"
- pp. 44-62
- V. "All Is Confusion and Turmoil"
- pp. 63-70
- VI. "Night Turned into Noonday"
- pp. 71-94
- VII. "Death to All Foragers"
- pp. 95-116
- VIII. A Morning Call on Kilpatrick
- pp. 117-134
- IX. Sugar and Oats but No Shoes
- pp. 135-147
- X. Resistance at Averasboro
- pp. 148-158
- XI. Battle of Bentonville
- pp. 159-185
- XII. "Luxuriating in the ... Spring Weather"
- pp. 186-202
- XIII. Two Old Men and a White Flag
- pp. 203-225
- XIV. Bennett's Farmhouse
- pp. 226-244
- XV. "Beautiful Raleigh, City of Oaks"
- pp. 245-255
- XVI. The General and a Lady
- pp. 256-266
- XVII. From Glory to Disrepute
- pp. 267-281
- Bibliography
- pp. 282-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469616117
Related ISBN(s)
9780807807019, 9780807845660, 9781469611129
MARC Record
OCLC
559889204
Pages
335
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No