Thousands of newly freed slaves followed the Union army’s “March to the Sea” in the hopes of protection as they left bondage behind.

William Tecumseh Sherman had a lot in common with Ulysses S. Grant. Like Grant, he was born in Ohio. Like Grant, he graduated from the military academy at West Point. Like Grant, he failed as a ...

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

Bennett Parten, a Royston native and assistant professor of history at Georgia Southern University, has done the research and concluded that Georgia was the site of the biggest liberation event in ...