Shermans March - Burke Davis

Burke Davis

Category: History

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Tags: History, Military, Misc. Non-fiction

The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Shermans Devastating March through Georgia and the Carolinas Shermans March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Shermans devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished and often defiant Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself Uncle Billy to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered., What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the authors collation of hundreds of eyewitness accountsThe actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants Union soldiers, Confederate