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Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers & Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers & Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers & Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
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Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers & Civilians During Sherman's Campaign

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In this engrossing work of history, Lee Kennett brilliantly brings General Sherman's 1864 invasion of Georgia to life by capturing the ground-level experiences of the soldiers and civilians who witnesses the bloody campaign. From the skirmish at Buzzard Roost Gap all the way to Savannah ten months later, Kennet follows the notorious, complex Sherman, who attacked the devastated the heart of the Confederacy's arsenal. Marching Through Georgia describes, in gripping detail, the event that marked the end of the Old South.

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Release dateMar 29, 2011
ISBN9780062028990
Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers & Civilians During Sherman's Campaign
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Lee B. Kennett

Lee Kennett is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Georgia and the author of Marching Through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians During Sherman's Campaign and G.I.: The American Soldier in World War II He lives in Pleasant Garden, North Carolina.

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    This is a truly masterful study in the seemingly uninteresting topic of military gvernment. It is interesting both as a nuts-and-bolts account of how the Union dealt with the administration of newly captured and imperfectly pacified territory and also in the author's excavation of fascinating low-level functionaries and their whims.

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