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U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center Civil War-Battles-1864 U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center Civil War-Battles-1864-Western Theater 950 Soldiers Drive Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021 21 Sep 2012 SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA (Nov-Dec 1864) A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources CONTENTS General Histories.....p.1 Personal Narratives.....p.4 Specific Engagements -Griswoldville, GA (22 Nov).....p.5 -Honey Hill, SC (30 Nov).....p.6 -Waynesborouth (4 Dec)…..p.6 -Ft. McAllister (13 Dec).....p.6 -Fall of Savannah (10-20 Dec).....p.7 GENERAL HISTORIES Bailey, Anne J. The Chessboard of War: Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864. Lincoln, NE: U NE, 2000. 225 p. E476.69.B35. _____. War and Ruin: William T. Sherman and the Savannah Campaign. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. 152 p. E477.41.B35. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. NY: Yoseloff, 1956. pp. 663-80. E470.M346v4. Bowman, Samuel M. "Sherman's Georgia Campaign From Atlanta to the Sea." US Service Magazine (1865): pp. 426-46. Per. Boynton, H.V. Sherman's Historical Raid: The Memoirs in Light of the Record; A Review Based Upon Compilations From the Files of the War Office. Cincinnati, OH: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1875. 276 p. E467.1.S55.B76. Brady, Lisa. “Devouring the Land: Sherman’s 1864-1865 Campaigns.” In War and the Environment: Military Destruction in the Modern Age. College Station, TX: TX A&M, 2009. pp. 49-67. QH545.W26.W37. Caudill, Edward, & Ashdown, Paul. Sherman’s March in Myth and Memory. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008. 211 p. E476.69.C38. March to the Sea p.2 Conygnham, David P. Sherman's March through the South. NY: Sheldon, 1865. 431 p. E476.69.C76. Cox, Jacob D. The March to the Sea: Franklin and Nashville. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1898 reprint of 1913 edition. 265 p. E476.69.C88. Davis, Keith F. George N. Barnard: Photographer of Sherman's Campaign. Kansas City, MO: Hallmark, 1990. 231 p. TR140.B275.D38. Dunphy, Owen. "March to the Sea." America's Civil War (Jul 1990): pp. 42-49. Per. Ellis, Jerry. Marching through Georgia: My Walk with Sherman. NY: Delacorte, 1995. 306 p. F291.2.E45. Modern “adventurer” retraces steps from Atlanta to Savannah. Ellis, Robert R. "From Atlanta to the Sea." Military Engineer (1959): pp. 437-44 & 52 (1960): pp. 37-43 & 122-27. Per. Frank, Lisa T. “Bedrooms as Battlefields: The Role of Gender Politics in Sherman’s March.” In Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War. Baton Rouge: LSU, 2009. pp. 33-48. E628.O33. _____. “Children of the March: Confederate Girls and Sherman’s Home Front Campaign.” In Children and Youth during the Civil War Era. NY: NYU, 2012. pp. 110-24. E540.C47.C45. Garavaglia, Louis A. “Sherman’s March and the Georgia Arsenals.” North & South (Dec 2000): pp. 12-21. Per. Gibson, John M. Those 163 Days: A Southern Account of Sherman's March from Atlanta to Raleigh. NY: Bramhall, 1961. 316 p. E476.69.G50. Glatthaar, Joseph T. The March to the Sea and Beyond: Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns. NY: NYU, 1985. 318 p. E476.69.G53. Hedley, Fenwick Y. Marching through Georgia: Pen-Pictures of Every Day Life in General Sherman's Army, From the Beginning of the Atlanta Campaign Until the Close of the War. Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1885. 490 p. E476.69.H46. Jones, Charles C. General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Coast: An Address Delivered... April 26, 1884. Augusta, GA: Chronicle Printing, 1884. 19 p. E476.69.J65. Jones, Katherine M., editor. When Sherman Came: Southern Women and the "Great March." Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1964. 353 p. E476.69.W53. Kennaway, John H. Oh Sherman's Track, Or, the South after the War. London: Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 1867. 320 p. F216.K46. March to the Sea p.3 Lepa, Jack H. Breaking the Confederacy: The Georgia and Tennessee Campaigns of 1864. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005. 238 p. E476.7.L47. Lewellen, Faye. "Wolf at the Door." America's Civil War (Nov 1993): pp. 42-48 & 79. Per. Lowry, Don. Dark and Cruel War: The Decisive Months of the Civil War, September-December 1864. NY: Hippocrene, 1993. 779 p. E470.L83. McNeill, William J. "The Stress of War: The Confederacy and William Tecumseh Sherman during the Last Year of the Civil War." PhD dss, Rice, 1973. E476.69.M26. Marszalek, John F. Sherman’s March to the Sea. Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation, 2005. 160 p. E476.69.M37. Miers, Earl S. The General Who Marched to Hell: William Tecumseh Sherman and his March to Fame and Infamy. NY: Knopf, 1951. 349 p. E476.69.M5. Miles, Jim. To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of Sherman’s March. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill, 1989. 321 p. E476.69.M54. Nelson, Christopher. Mapping the Civil War: Featuring Rare Maps from the Library of Congress. Wash, DC: Starwood, 1992. 176 p. E468.N38. See Chap. 10. Nevin, David. Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1986. 175 p. E476.69.N48. Reardon, Carol. “William T. Sherman in Postwar Georgia’s Collective Memory, 1864-1913.” In Wars Within a War: Controversy and Conflict Over the American Civil War. Chapel Hill, NC: U NC, 2009. pp. 223-48. E468.W39. Reston, James. Sherman's March and Vietnam. NY: Macmillan, 1984. 323 p. E476.69.R48. Comparative Rogge, Robert E. “Wrecking on the Railroad.” America’s Civil War (Sep 1995): pp. 49-53, 80, 82 & 84. Per. Destruction of Georgia Railroads. Savas, Theodore P., & Woodbury, David A. The Campaign for Atlanta & Sherman’s March to the Sea: Essays on the American Civil War in Georgia, 1864. Campbell, CA: Savas Woodbury, 1994. 458 p. E476.7.C25. Saylor, John. "Hardier, Knottier, Weirder: An Oratorio Based on the March from Atlanta to Savannah Taken by Federal Troops under General W.T. Sherman in the Course of the U.S. Civil War, 2 September-21 December 1864." DMA thesis, Boston U School for the Arts, 1992. 188 p. E647.S28. March to the Sea p.4 Scaife, William R. "Sherman's March to the Sea." Blue & Gray (Dec 1989): Entire Issue. Per. Scales, John R. Sherman Invades Georgia. Planning the North Georgia Campaign Using a Modern Perspective. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute, 2006. 213 p. E476.7.S325. Senour, Faunt L. Major General William T. Sherman and his Campaigns. Chicago: Henry M. Sherwood, 1865. 477 p. E467.1.S55.S4. Shiman, Philip L. "Engineering Sherman's March: Army Engineers and the Management of Modern War, 1862-1865." PhD dss, Duke, 1991. 741 p. E492.7.S56. Smith, David. Sherman’s March to the Sea, 1864: Atlanta to Savannah. NY: Osprey, 2007. 96 p. E476.69.S65. Trudeau, Noah A. “Kill-Cavalry’s Ride to the Sea.” MHQ (Spring 2008): pp. 56-65. Per. _____. Southern Storm: Sherman’s March to the Sea. NY: Harper, 2008. 671 p. E476.69.T78. _____. “Stumbling in Sherman’s Path.” Civil War Times (Oct 2008): pp. 26-33. Per. U.S. AGO. The Savannah Campaign: Organization of the Union Forces (Commanded by Major-General William T. Sherman) November 15- December 21, 1864. n.p., n.d. 10 p. E475.35.U58pam14. U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Report of Major General William T. Sherman. Milwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1977. 391 p. E470.U589. Wheeler, Richard. Sherman's March. NY: Crowell, 1978. 241 p. E476.69.W47. PERSONAL NARRATIVES Atkins, Smith D. With Sherman's Cavalry Marching through Georgia. Chicago: S. Harris, n.d. 24 p. E476.69.A84. Bradley, George S. The Star Corps; Or, Notes of an Army Chaplin, during Sherman's Famous "March to the Sea." Milwaukee, WI: Germain & Brightman, 1865. 304 p. E493.5.2d3d20thC8.B73. Hitchcock, Henry. Marching With Sherman: Passages from the Letters and Campaign Diaries of... Major and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, November 1864-May 1865. New Haven, CT: Yale, 1927. 332 p. E476.69.H67. Hopkins, Charles A. The March to the Sea. Providence, RI: RI Soldiers & Sailors Historical Society 1885. 32 p. E464.M5.1991v36. March to the Sea p.5 Johnson, F. C. "The March to the Sea." In G.A.R. War Papers. Cincinnati, OH: Fred C. Jones Post, 1891. pp. 309-36. E464.G72v1. Kerr, Charles D. "From Atlanta to Raleigh." In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle (MOLLUS, MN, Vol. 1). St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Book & Sta Co, 1887. pp. 202-23. E464.M5.1991v26. Nichols, George W. The Story of the Great March: From the Diary of a Staff Officer. NY: Harper, 1866. 408 p. E476.69.N618. Osborne, Thomas W. The Fiery Trail: A Union Officer's Account of Sherman's Last Campaigns. Knoxville, TN: U TN, 1986. 238 p. E476.69.O83. Pepper, George W. Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas. Zanesville, OH: H. Dunne, 1866. 522 p. E476.69.P46. Sherman, William T. Marching through Georgia: William T. Sherman’s Personal Narrative of his March through Georgia. [Edited by Mills Lane] NY: Arno, 1978 reprint of 1974 edition entitled “War is Hell!” 196 p. E476.69.S57. Vetter, Charles E. “From Atlanta to Savannah: A Sociological Perspective of William T. Sherman’s March through Georgia.” In The Campaign for Atlanta and Sherman’s March..., cited above, pp. 75-410. E476.7.C25. Woodhull, Maxwell V. "A Glimpse of Sherman Fifty Years Ago." Wash, DC: MOLLUS, 1914. 18 p. E467.1.S55.W8. GRISWOLDVILLE Bragg, William H. "A Little Battle at Griswoldville." Civil War Times Illustrated (Nov 1980): pp.
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