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American History

raccoon

(32,302 posts) Thu Dec 15, 2011, 08:28 AM Dec 2011

I watched "Sherman's March" last night, the History Channel's production. [View all]

It was good & interesting and told me some things I wasn't aware of. The way the Southerners
killed foragers and Sherman would retaliate. That there was a POW camp at Millen, GA. That Southerners
buried land mines (called "Torpedoes" by Sherman's army) in the roads. Which also brought on retaliation.

It mentioned Theodore Upson, a Union soldier who kept a journal while on the March. I might look into that.

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I watched "Sherman's March" last night, the History Channel's production. [View all] raccoon Dec 2011 OP

Interesting! I hope they will re-run it. Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #1

I saw it on a DVD from netflix. But that's interesting that you had relatives in the March. raccoon Dec 2011 #2

They did survive the war, although one of them was disabled at Vicksburg. Adsos Letter Dec 2011 #3