Sherman's March (1985)

Richard Leacock: Historical Narration

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  Historical Narration : In 1864, during the American Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman began his famous March to the Sea. With an army of 60,000 men, he swept into the South destroying Atlanta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; and dozens of small towns. His troops plundered homes, destroyed livestock, burned buildings and left a path of destruction 60 miles wide and 700 miles long, before finally forcing a Confederate surrender in North Carolina. Sherman's campaign marked the first time in modern history that Total Warfare had been waged on a primarily civilian population and traces of the scars he left on the South can still be found.

  Ross McElwee : Great. Do you want to do that once more?