What the Yankees Did to Us: Sherman's Bombardment and Wrecking of Atlanta Tapa dura - 2012

Davis Stephen, 2012-12-04. hardcover. Used: Good.

Mercer University Press, 2012. Hardcover. Like New. 6x2x9. Signed. Inscribed by Stephen Davis on title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xxii, 527 pages, 49 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm. *Autographed by author.* <br> "Atlanta has earned distinction as one of the most burned cities in American history. During the Civil War, Atlanta was wrecked, but not by burning alone. Longtime Atlantan Stephen Davis tells the story of what the Yankees did to his city. General William T. Sherman's Union forces had invested the city by late July 1864. Northern artillerymen, on Sherman's direct orders, began shelling the interior of Atlanta on 20 July, knowing that civilians still lived there and continued despite their knowledge that women and children were being killed and wounded. Countless buildings were damaged by Northern missiles and the fires they caused. Davis provides the most extensive account of… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.