Sherman's March - Hardcover

Bass, Cynthia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679430334 ISBN 13: 9780679430339

Publisher: Villard Books, 1994

Synopsis

A chronicle of Sherman's march as narrated by the general himself, a captain in the Union army, and a widowed southern farmwife

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, and the Civil War has ground to a bloody stalemate. Frustrated by its slow and costly advance, the North looks for a way to cut the South in two and bring the war to an end. Told from the unique perspective of three participants, this novel brilliantly captures the personal tragedy and costly heroism which followed in the wake of General William Tecumseh Sherman's infamous march from Atlanta to the sea. Nicholas J. Whiteman is a Captain in Sherman's army, a history buff caught in the maelstrom of history in the making. He is the conscience of an army that had lost its conscience, pillaging and burning its way across the South, and a witness to the dark heart of war--and humanity--in a moment of searing emotional intensity that will change him forever. Anne Saunders Baker lost her husband at Shiloh and her modest home to the looting of the advancing Yankee army. Now she wanders through the scarred and devastated landscape, a woman alone, hoping to defend all she has left--her life--with a soldier's i

About this edition

• Publisher: Villard Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679430334
• ISBN 13: 9780679430339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1