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Summary: General William Tecumseh Sherman's total war strategy against the South helped end the Civil War and forever changed the nation. Sherman's brutal and effective campaign, which not only saved the Lincoln presidency, the Union, and thousands of lives, but also made Sherman one of the most hated and controversial figures in American history. In November 1864, Sherman and an army of 60,000 troops...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2007

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SHE

Nevin, David

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 TIM VOL 21

Jakes, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2004

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JAK

Shaara, Jeff

Summary: This concluding novel of Shaara's epic Civil War tetralogy tells the dramatic story of the final eight months of battle from multiple perspectives: the commanders in their tents making plans for total victory, as well as the ordinary foot soldiers and cavalrymen who carried out their orders until the last alarum sounded. Through William Tecumseh Sherman's eyes, we gain insight into the mind of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2015

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC SHA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP Fiction Shaara 2015

Doctorow, E. L.

Summary: In 1864, after Union general William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, he marched his sixty thousand troops east through Georgia to the sea, and then to the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces and lived off the land, pillaging the Southern plantations, taking cattle and crops for their own, demolishing cities and accumulating a borne-along population of freed...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOC

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DOC

McElwee, Ross

Summary: After being left by a girlfriend, McElwee pursues his original plans for a documentary on Sherman's March, which changes into his personal search for a new girlfriend and focuses on the women he meets along the route.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features Home Video 2004

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SHE

Trudeau, Noah Andre

Summary: Award-winning Civil War historian Trudeau has written a fascinating new history of Sherman's legendary and devastating march through Georgia. Told through diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers, this work paints a vivid picture of an event that changed the course of America.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.737 TRU

Summary: Focuses on the greatest battles ever fought and the men who won them. Brings the terrifying rumble of the tanks and deadly arrows of conquest to life. Traveling the globe and spanning two millennia, this program features diary entries, interviews with scholars, and historical re-enactment to examine the strategies, weapons of conquest, and the significance of each engagement in the annals of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: A&E Television Network 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV CON

Summary: The War Between the States rages. In 1863, the Confederate Army seems poised for victory. Following the bloody battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. Former slaves join the Union army in droves. With superior transportation (railroads), communication (telegraph lines), and battlefield technology, the Union prevails and America is on track to become a global...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Otfinoski, Steven

Summary: "This book details major events of the U.S. Civil War, as well as the war's cultural impact"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2017

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Summary: As the strain of total war increased on both sides, the Union and Confederacy each bitterly fought on in an effort to break the other's will. Topics in this program range from draft riots in the North and the Union's recruitment of African-Americans, to the hardships imposed on the South by the ongoing coastal blockade and Sherman's March to the Sea, to the wartime leadership of Lincoln and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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