Campbell, Jacqueline Glass. When Sherman Marched North from the Sea: Resistance on the Confederate Home Front.CAMPBELL, Jacqueline Glass. When Sherman marched north from the sea; resistance on the Confederate home front. Univ. of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Press. 177p. notes. index. c2003.0-8078-5659-2. $16.95. SA * The special vindictiveness many Southerners reserve for General William Tecumseh Sherman has always perplexed most Yankees. Sherman and his men left their supplies and marched boldly across Dixie, twice cutting the Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union. in two. He and his men were guilty mostly of property crimes: destroying facilities, raiding farms, and systematically stripping the land of all foodstuffs foodstuffs npl → comestibles mpl foodstuffs npl → denrées fpl alimentaires foodstuffs food npl → . Grant, on the other hand, killed Southern fathers and sons wholesale. The difference, some maintain, was that Ulysses S. Grant was waging "honorable" warfare while Sherman behaved more like Attila the Hun. More likely, however, the bearded firebrand fire·brand n. 1. A person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt. 2. A piece of burning wood. firebrand Noun earned their enmity because he deliberately committed the unforgivable act: he humiliated the Confederacy. In truth, the Federals didn't have it all their own way, and for that reason alone, a book of this nature is long overdue. It has been left to historian Jacqueline Campbell to document the proof. The Northern soldiers were sometimes opposed by regular troops, but far more by guerilla fighters that ranged from well-led bands down to individual brigands. Snipers and irregulars were always ready to pick off careless Union scouts, and many Southern women defended their homes with fierceness and pride. Furtive bands of white criminals and black plunderers also complicated the situation. Professor Campbell tells of the special abhorrence Sherman's troops had for South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , and also shows the dramatic improvement in their behavior once they crossed into North Carolina, a "thrifty" and definitely more "well behaved" state. The author writes easily and fluently, as much for the lay reader as for the professional historian. Secondary teachers will find this an excellent choice for YA readers ready for their second Civil War book. Raymond Puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). , Ph.D., Historian, Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Lancaster, CA |
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