. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . CUTTING LOOSE FROM THE BASE, NOVEMBER 12th On the 12th of November the railroad and telegraph communications with the rear were broken and the army stood detached fromall friends, dependent on its own resources and supplies, writes Sherman. Meanwhile all detachments were marching rapidly toAtlanta with orders to break up the railroad en route and generally to so damage the country as to make it untenable to the was a necessary war measure. Sherman
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . CUTTING LOOSE FROM THE BASE, NOVEMBER 12th On the 12th of November the railroad and telegraph communications with the rear were broken and the army stood detached fromall friends, dependent on its own resources and supplies, writes Sherman. Meanwhile all detachments were marching rapidly toAtlanta with orders to break up the railroad en route and generally to so damage the country as to make it untenable to the was a necessary war measure. Sherman, in a home letter written from Grand Gulf, Mississippi, May 6, 1863, stated clearlyhis views regarding the destruction of property. Speaking of the wanton havoc wrought on a fine plantation in the path of the army,he added: It is done, of course, by the accursed stragglers who wont fight but hang behind and disgrace our cause and country. had fled, leaving everything on the approach of our troops. Of course, devastation marked the whole path of the army, andI know all the principal officers detest the infamous practice as
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