A riveting and richly detailed account of the devastating military campaign that broke the back of the Confederacy in the final months of the Civil War In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, Gen. William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness accounts, bestselling author Burke Davis tells the story of this infamous episode from the perspective of the Union soldiers and the Confederate men and women who stood in their path. Eloquent, heartrending, and vastly informative, Sherman's March brilliantly examines one of the most polarizing figures in American military history and offers priceless insights into the enduring legacy of the Civil War.
"The rich details in Mr. Davis's book are bound to startle and inform even students of Civil War literature."
The New York Times
"What gives the narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts. . . . The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there. . . . Mr. Davis intercuts these scenes with close-ups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode
TheNew Yorker
"Vigorous, extremely well-researched . . . With this sharp, comprehensive account of the fratricidal combat, Davis outguns all his predecessors. A valuable addition to the literature that will haunt the memory of scholar and buff alike."
