Download or read book Sherman s Flame and Blame Campaign Through Georgia and the Carolinas written by Patricia G. Mcneely and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General William T. Sherman created a new form of physical, economic and psychological "total warfare" against civilians and private property in Georgia and the Carolinas that he readily admitted would be violent and cruel. In addition to physical and economic assaults, he designed a massive psychological strategy of propaganda and blame that was designed to cripple the Confederacy, to destroy the faith of civilians in their leaders and their government and to kill the will of the people to fight for their cause. Even though Sherman openly admitted most of his strategy and his efforts to "mystify the enemy," those elements have been all but overlooked through the years. However, they were an integral part of the campaign that would help end the Civil War in 1865.
Download or read book Sherman s Flame and Blame Campaign Through Georgia and the Carolinas written by Patricia G. Mcneely and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-10-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "General William T. Sherman created a new form of physical, economic and psychological 'total warfare' against civilians and private property in Georgia and the Carolinas that he readily admitted would be violent and cruel ... Even though Sherman openly admitted most of his strategies and his efforts to 'mystify the enemy,' those elements have been all but overlooked through the years. However, they were an integral part of the campaign that would help end the Civil War in 1865"--Back cover.
Download or read book Eyewitnesses to General William T Sherman s Campaign in the Civil War written by Patricia G. Mcneely and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published as "Eyewitnesses to General Sherman's Atrocities in the Civil War," this book focuses on recently released documents that Sherman gave to an old family friend before, during and after the war. Privately held for more than 150 years, the documents and eyewitness accounts provide significant new insight into Sherman's personal life as well as evidence of the destruction caused by his troops in his military, economic and psychological war on civilians in Georgia and the Carolinas. The documents and eyewitnesses also finally and convincingly end the 150-year-old controversy about who burned Columbia, South Carolina. Admitting his strategy to destroy towns in his path rather than leaving occupying forces, Sherman said that he "had not wanted to burn the town, it was such a pretty place," but "could leave no part" of his army to keep it."
Download or read book Eyewitnesses to General W t Sherman s Atrocities in the Civil War written by Patricia G. Mcneely and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General William T. Sherman went to great lengths during the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, to protect his "particular friend Miss Poyas," whose family he visited frequently while he was a bachelor stationed at Fort Moultrie between 1842 and 1846. The book and letters that Sherman signed and gave to her before, during and after the Civil War, along with an eyewitness account of his visits, have been privately saved for more than 150 years by descendants of Mary Catherine Poyas Walker. Recently released, the documents, along with other eyewitness accounts, provide significant new insight into Sherman's personal life as well as evidence of the atrocities committed by his troops in his military, economic and psychological war on civilians in Georgia and the Carolinas. The documents and eyewitnesses also finally and convincingly end the 150-year-old controversy about who burned Columbia. Admitting his strategy to destroy towns in his path rather than leaving occupying forces, Sherman told Mary Catherine that he "had not wanted to burn the town, it was such a pretty place," but "could leave no part" of his army to keep it.
Download or read book Personal Recollections of Sherman s Campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas written by George Whitfield Pepper and published by Gale Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1866 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Recollections of Sherman s Campaigns in Georgia and the Carlinas written by George Whitfield Pepper and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Sherman s Official Account of His Great March written by General William Tecumseh Sherman and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman took 62,000 men (55,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 2,000 artillerymen manning 64 guns) in two divided columns on a 300-mile march from the captured city of Atlanta to Savannah on the sea. It was a daring and unprecedented maneuver, extending his army far beyond supply lines. But it was successful, and brought the South's infrastructure and economy to its knees. The Operation was devastating to Georgia and the Confederacy. Sherman himself estimated that the campaign had inflicted $100 million in damage in 1864 dollars. But the march was not without controversy. The scorched-earth policy of the campaign made Sherman's name despised in the South. In this fascinating report, Sherman makes his official accounting to congress for his action. For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Download or read book Sherman s March Through the Carolinas written by John G Barrett and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Recollections of Sherman s Campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas written by George W. Pepper and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Locale, military tactics and colorful characterizations give this recounting a fascinating and novel point of view. Presented as it was originally published in 1866, Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas is much more than a series of battle descriptions: Pepper portrays the land, the buildings, and the people as he marches with Sherman's troops. He not only details each battle, he reveals the aftermath on many levels. This is a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the American Civil War.
Download or read book The Confederate Secret Service written by Harold Mills Jr. and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is a report on and an analysis of the Confederate Secret Service. Any errors or misinterpretations of referenced sources are strictly those of the author. The author is an experienced intelligence officer, but he also harbors the caution of a typical intelligence analyst and knows that there is always more to know. My interest in this topic stems from both my intelligence career and from research of family history/genealogy which begun in 1983. The genealogy reveals that ancestors served in nearly every conflict starting with the American Revolution. That family military tradition continues in the current generation with two sons who are serving as officers of US Marines.
Download or read book Personal Recollections of Sherman s Campaigns in Georgia and the Carlinas written by George Whitfield Pepper and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Strategic Significance of Sherman s Campaigns Through Georgia and the Carolinas in the Last Year of the American Civil War written by James Edward Torrence and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Sherman s Official Account of His Great March Through Georgia and the Carolinas written by William Tecumseh Sherman and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lincoln Sherman Davis and the Lost Confederate Gold written by Patricia G. Mcneely and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The destinies of President Lincoln, General Sherman and Confederate President Davis are forever bound to the Lost Confederate Gold, but questions still linger about those astonishing events: * Why did President Lincoln want the Confederate President and his cabinet to "escape the country" after the war? * Why did President Johnson's administration believe General Sherman had been bribed with Confederate gold to let Jefferson Davis escape through North Carolina? * Who were the Confederate secret agents who had been in Canada, and why was a reward issued for their capture after Lincoln was assassinated? * How did John Wilkes Booth escape so easily across a guarded bridge after Lincoln's assassination, and why do the descendants of John Wilkes Booth want DNA samples from the 3 vertebrae taken during the autopsy of the man believed to be the killer? * Why did the Federal government launch decades of lawsuits and send treasury agents in search of gold in the Confederate states and England? * Why was neutral England asked to cede Canada and forced to pay $15.5 million to the United States after the war? Find the answers in this intriguing new book about the amazing last days of the Civil War.
Download or read book Major General Sherman s Reports written by William T. Sherman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Major-General Sherman's Reports: I. Campaign Against Atlanta, II. Campaign Against Savannah, III. Campaign Through the Carolinas, IV. Johnson's Truce and Surrender, V. Story of the March Through Georgia I had become satisfied that, to reach the Macon road, and thereby control the supplies of Atlanta, I would have to move the whole army; but before beginning, I ordered down from Chattanooga four four-and-a-half inch. Ri ed guns, to try their effect. These arrived on the 10th, 'and were put to work night and day, and did execution on the city, causing frequent fires, and creating confusion, yet the enemy seemed, determined to hold hisforts, even if the city were destroyed; 'ou the l6th of August, I made my orders, No. 57, prescribing the mode and manner of executing the grand movement by the right ank, to begin on the 18th. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Sherman s March in Myth and Memory written by Edward Caudill and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating "March to the Sea" in 1864 burned a swath through the cities and countryside of Georgia and into the history of the American Civil War. As they moved from Atlanta to Savannah--destroying homes, buildings, and crops; killing livestock; and consuming supplies--Sherman and the Union army ignited not only southern property, but also imaginations, in both the North and the South. By the time of the general's death in 1891, when one said "The March," no explanation was required. That remains true today. Legends and myths about Sherman began forming during the March itself, and took more definitive shape in the industrial age in the late-nineteenth century. Sherman's March in Myth and Memory examines the emergence of various myths surrounding one of the most enduring campaigns in the annals of military history. Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown provide a brief overview of Sherman's life and his March, but their focus is on how these myths came about--such as one description of a "60-mile wide path of destruction"--and how legends about Sherman and his campaign have served a variety of interests. Caudill and Ashdown argue that these myths have been employed by groups as disparate as those endorsing the Old South aristocracy and its "Lost Cause," and by others who saw the March as evidence of the superiority of industrialism in modern America over a retreating agrarianism. Sherman's March in Myth and Memory looks at the general's treatment in the press, among historians, on stage and screen, and in literature, from the time of the March to the present day. The authors show us the many ways in which Sherman has been portrayed in the media and popular culture, and how his devastating March has been stamped into our collective memory.
Download or read book The Story of the Great March of General Sherman Through Georgia From the Diary of a Staff Officer With a Map and Illustrations written by George Ward NICHOLS (Major.) and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
