General Sherman’s March to the Sea - Part 2

Описание: On Wednesday, November 16, 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman initiated a campaign that, as one military publication would put it, was either “one of the most brilliant or one of the most foolish things ever performed by a military leader.”

Only eight days after Abraham Lincoln was re-elected, some 62,000 left behind a smoldering Atlanta and headed east for Savannah. As Sherman put it, “My first object was…to place my army in the very heart of Georgia.” And, indeed, he did just that and more.

This is its story. Here, in Part II, this is the story of Sherman’s March to the Sea.

Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
Published by Third Wheel Media

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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Howell Cobb
William J. Hardee
Henry Slocum
Jefferson C. Davis
Gabriel J. Rains
P. G. T. Beauregard