I watched "Sherman's March" last night, the History Channel's production.

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It was good & interesting and told me some things I wasn't aware of. The way the Southerners
killed foragers and Sherman would retaliate. That there was a POW camp at Millen, GA. That Southerners
buried land mines (called "Torpedoes" by Sherman's army) in the roads. Which also brought on retaliation.

It mentioned Theodore Upson, a Union soldier who kept a journal while on the March. I might look into that.

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1. Interesting! I hope they will re-run it.

I had two relatives in Company A, 4th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Rgt. They were in Sherman's army, and there is a painting of the regiment entering Atlanta.

Their regimental history has a lot of information, and is available online. History of the Fourth regiment of Minnesota infantry volunteers during the great rebellion, 1861-1865 http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030907350

Alonzo Brown didn't publish his history of the regiment until 1892, so there is quite a distance between the events and his recollection of them.

Sounds like Upson's journal would be more interesting.

Thanks for posting!

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2. I saw it on a DVD from netflix. But that's interesting that you had relatives in the March.

Did they survive the war, do you know?

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3. They did survive the war, although one of them was disabled at Vicksburg.

It was my GGG-Grandfather and his son. They both mustered in to Co. A at Ft. Snelling in late 1861. The father was 41, and the son 19 when they entered service. The father began service as a lieutenant (later captain), while the son entered as a private and mustered out as a sergeant.

The father was released from service due to illness at Vicksburg, so he was out before The March began. He returned to Minnesota, but was never able to fully recover and return to working the farm. He and my GGG-Grandmother faced a difficult situation, and sold pieces of the farm to supplement their living for the remainder of their lives.

The son served through the end of the war, became a doctor and moved to Seattle.

I had three excellent portrait photos of these guys in their uniforms, but I gave them to a cousin as a gift. One showed the son at the beginning of the war, another showed him at the end. The experience of the war was plainly written on his face in the second photo. He looked worn and thoroughly tired.