Marching Through Georgia by Lee Kennett

Marching Through Georgia by Lee Kennett

Well researched, endlessly informed, and compulsively readable, Marching Through Georgia is everything a work of popular history ought to be. -- Civil War Times Illustrated

In this engrossing work of history, Lee Kennett brilliantly brings General Sherman's 1864 invasion of Georgia to life by capturing the ground-level experiences of the soldiers and civilians who witnesses the bloody campaign. From the skirmish at Buzzard Roost Gap all the way to Savannah ten months later, Kennett follows the notorious, complex Sherman, who attacked the heart of the Confederacy's arsenal. Marching Through Georgia describes, in gripping detail, the event that marked the end of the Old South.

Lee Kennett (1931-2011) was Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Among his many books are For the Duration . . .: The United States Goes to War, Pearl Harbor-1942, A History of Strategic Bombing, and Marching through Georgia: The Story of Soldiers and Civilians during Sherman's Campaign.