Record #:

20402

Author(s):

Barrett, John G.

Abstract:

William T. Sherman believed in the concept of total war, which would conflict terrible enough that Southern opposition would exhaust all possible remedies before commencing struggle. Sherman applied this theory to his campaigns through the South, including Goldsboro and Fayetteville.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 3, Jul 1960, p367-381, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865