Kamis, 16 Maret 2017

Chivalry Dies in Atlanta

On September 4, 1864, two days after he took the city, Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman alerted Army Chief of Staff Henry W. Halleck that he intended to “remove all the inhabitants of Atlanta, sending those committed to our cause to the Rear, and the Rebel families to the front.” And indeed, between September 12 …

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