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Follows the actions of General William Tecumseh Sherman during the period of May 1864 to April 1865, discusses his strategy, and attempts to describe his complex personality
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Mark Coburn's TERRIBLE INNOCENCE: General Sherman at War is neither full-scale biography nor conventional military history. The focus is on Sherman the man - his character and personality. Though the book overviews Sherman's entire life, Coburn focuses on one critical year - May 1864 to May 1865. During that tumultuous year, Sherman fought his way down to Atlanta (keeping his huge army supplied with a single-track railroad), cut off and captured the city, chased John Bell Hood's Confederate army around northern Georgia, and led his famous March to the Sea. Then, after a month-long Christmas breather in Savannah, Sherman launched his longest, most impressive march - the little-known winter trek that took his army 425 miles through the Carolinas to help end the war.
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