Historian John Marszalek spoke to the Roundtable on Tuesday, July 12, about William Tecumseh Sherman, the Union general whose march through Georgia in 1864 brought a “hard war” to the civilian population.
William Tecumseh Sherman
The event still echoes in the minds of Americans.
But Marszalek called Sherman the “South’s best friend.”
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I learned a lot from last night’s presentation. I had no idea that Sherman had such an affinity for the south. I do believe he wanted to do the right thing as he saw it. He spent a lot of time in a lot of different location. I meant to ask why he was buried in St. Louis. Seems odd
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