Sherman's March To The Sea

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Noah Andre Trudeau is an American historian born on February 23, 1949, who has written books and produced programs for National Public Radio. He studied history at the State University of New York at Albany. Trudeau has written many books, one of them is Sherman’s March To The Sea. This book is about Sherman’s epic march to the sea. It talk about what he did and who he worked with. Also about how he led more than 60,000 Union troops to blaze a path from Atlanta to Savannah. This book is based on the people who survived the the Southern Storm to vividly describe the war as it was. The March began with Sherman’s troops leaving the city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15, 1864, this war was from Atlanta, Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean. The

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