The hidden story of enslaved Georgians who, however briefly, seized freedom during the Union general’s famous march to the ...

It was the end of January 1847. The USS Lexington, a sloop of war, lay at anchor in Monterey Bay. The small transport had ...

Union Gen. William T. Sherman completed his Civil War "march to the sea" across the South and arrived in Savannah, Ga.

And like Grant, he became a fierce, uncompromising warrior who helped batter the Confederates into submission during the Civil War. In fact, Sherman spent much of his life providing evidence to ...

American GIs in World War II marched to victory across Europe and Asia supported by some 50,000 Sherman tanks, adding to the legend of his name. Sherman lived a fascinating life before the Civil ...

Savannah surrendered easily. No siege was necessary, and it was spared from Sherman’s fiery destruction, left as an offering for Lincoln, a sign of the war’s coming end. On Boxing Day ...

On both sides, the Civil ... war. Some would die in battles; others would go on to become political figures in the healing nation. This section displays objects used by or presented to the leaders of ...

Unlike much of Georgia, the historic port city was preserved from Sherman’s wrath, but suffered psychological terror nonetheless Eli Wizevich An estimated 28 ...