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Sherman's March to the Sea [Civil War Stories]

Sherman's March to the Sea [Civil War Stories]

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Welcome back to Civil War Stories. I'm Philip Champion, and today we're going to explore one of the most controversial and devastating campaigns of the American Civil War—a story of total war taken to its logical extreme, of military strategy that deliberately targeted civilian populations, and of decisions made in Union headquarters that would forever change the nature of warfare in America and leave scars across the South that would endure for generations.

Picture this: It's dawn on November 16, 1864, near the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. The morning mist rises from the Chattahoochee River as the sound of thousands of marching feet, creaking wagon wheels, and neighing horses breaks the stillness of the Georgia countryside. Stretching as far as the eye can see, a vast column of blue-uniformed soldiers winds its way through the red clay hills and pine forests of central Georgia.
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