Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation
Bennett Parten
Simon & Schuster
In the fall of 1864, Gen. William T. Sherman led his army through Atlanta, Georgia, burning buildings of military significance—and ultimately most of the city—along the way. From Atlanta, they marched across the state to the most important city at the time: Savannah.
In Somewhere Toward Freedom, historian Bennett Parten helps us understand how Sherman’s March impacted the war, and what it meant to the enslaved, but also reveals how it laid the foundation for the fledging efforts of Reconstruction.