The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union Army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage behind.

U.S. Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's 1864 "March to the Sea" was not a "total war" campaign against the Confederacy as ...

William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...