In this exploration of how the legendary General Sherman came to be viewed as the wellspring of destructive modern warfare and the antithesis of the old romantic ideas of war in both the North and the South, the authors trace the development of the memory of the great general through popular songs, books, and films from Reconstruction to today.

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