Sherman's March: Invading the South
Summary
Host Don Wildman and historian Anne Sarah Rubin explore General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 March to the Sea, a brutal campaign designed to break the Confederacy’s will by destroying Georgia’s infrastructure and resources. The episode details the strategic context following the fall of Atlanta, the soldiers’ foraging tactics, and the psychological impact on civilians and enslaved people. It also covers the tragic Ebenezer Creek massacre and the origin of the "40 acres and a mule" land redistribution proposal, concluding with Sherman’s capture of Savannah as a Christmas gift to President…
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