When Vicksburg fell to Union forces under General Grant in July 1863, the balance turned against the Confederacy in the trans-Appalachian theater. The Federal success along the river opened the way for advances into central and easter...

General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through the South left a blazing trail of smoking ruins through Georgia and earned him the dubious award of being one of the most hated generals in American history.

Sherman was not only one of the most important generals in the American Civil War, but also one of the most famous commanders in the military annals of the western world. He has become an almost mythical character in popular memory, ...