Talk:Sherman's March to the Sea

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Contents 1 Casualties? 2 Did sherman destroy everything? 3 March orders? 4 Macon is not east of Atlanta 5 How about including a mention of Doctorow's 2005 novel "The March"

[edit] Casualties?

what were the casualties

According to whom? With what counting method? Ronabop 09:35, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Sherman led a very important march through Georgia. does anyone here know of any casualties??? =S

There weren't significan't casualties to speak of. The South didn't put up much resistance and Sherman didn't actually kill civilians, (just destroyed things). 198.112.236.6 14:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Did sherman destroy everything?

If sherman destroyed everything and didnt kill civilians then where did the civilians live? Did sherman take them with them? Did he not care? Can u please tell specfics!!! Thank U!!!

Well, if somebody came and burned down your home... what would you do?

You'd probably go shack up (stay with) with a friend or relative, right? Anywhere they could find a roof over their head. No different from if a hurricane hit your home or if it somehow burned down today.

That's exactly what the civilians did. Some went to Tennessee to stay with family or relatives until they "got back on their feet", economically.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0730sherman.html

Note: the URL above is from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper from the city that he ordered be burned. Article talks a bit about why the civilians resented Gen. Sherman.

Dsf 03:19, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] March orders?

I'm curious why the phrase "March orders" is used instead of the more widely-used phrase "Marching orders." In my brief military experience, I heard "marching orders" used often and never the term "march orders." Both Google and a Wikipedia search seem to confirm this. Has this term changed over time or am I wrong? I'd appreciate some feedback instead of merely reverting my well-intended edits! --ElKevbo 16:17, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Because in this case, "March" is a popular name for the operation, the Savannah Campaign, not the traditional use of 'marching orders', which denotes the routine matters about marching, such as the order of units in the column, the times for rests, etc. It probably should be Background and orders for the March, but then the capitalization police will be after us. I guess I don't feel really strongly about this, but I generally find that in Wikipedia if I revert something two times, most people will leave things my way, particularly on rather trivial things like this. :-) Hal Jespersen 16:54, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah, ok. I think the current section title is a bit confusing and your suggested title is much better. I was bold and made the change. If the "capitalization police" come after they will be wrong for suggesting we not capitalize March as it is used as a proper noun in this instance.

And it takes more than just reverting my changes (unless they're trivial word choice changes, and I try to not make those) twice to make me go away. :) --ElKevbo 18:24, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, you're an exceptional Wikipedian then. I find that ~95% of my reversions are successful. I've got a quick trigger finger. :-) Hal Jespersen 20:50, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Macon is not east of Atlanta

Article currently reads:

"Slocum's wing, accompanied by Sherman, moved to the east, 70 miles along the railroad toward Macon."

Macon is south-southeast of Atlanta, in the path of Howard's wing, and is mentioned in the description of that wing's advance.

I'm guessing what was meant here was "...toward Augusta", but I leave it to those actively working on this article to decide. --Davecampbell 20:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

That was confusing. Fixed. Thanks for finding the problem. Hal Jespersen 01:40, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How about including a mention of Doctorow's 2005 novel "The March"

Seems strange not to make a note of this as it is by a pre-eminent American author, and is, as far as I'm aware, the only novel to deal exclusively with Sherman's march. Theo71 14:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

There is an Edit button on the article and you are invited, as always, to edit responsibly. Hal Jespersen 15:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)