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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian07 Aug 2025 8:21 p.m. PST

A new reading of Sherman's march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves

The Guardian: link

Grelber08 Aug 2025 10:30 a.m. PST

That's an interesting approach--I understood Sherman tried to discourage blacks from following his army since he would have to provide food for them as well as his army. There are a lot of non-Margaret-Mitchell-approved stories about the March to the Sea.

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Personal logo Murphy Sponsoring Member of TMP08 Aug 2025 11:04 a.m. PST

Sigh.
There's a lot I could say about this, (the article, the idea, and the book with the "new view"), but I won't.

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