William T. Sherman

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A Confederate Invasion?

by Kevin Levin on January 6, 2010 · 7 comments · Follow me on

in Teaching

I‘m behind in my APUS History classes which has forced me to move quickly through the Civil War.  You can imagine how frustrating that is given my interests.  Regardless, I am very particular about the language I use to describe the past and I expect my students to be attentive to such matters as well.  [...]

William T. Sherman Meets Bat Masterson

by Kevin Levin on November 24, 2009 · 3 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture, Memory, Union

This episode of Bat Masterson aired on December 24, 1958.

This is the final week of my survey course on the American Civil War.  One of the subjects we’ve been looking at is the introduction of what Mark Grimsley describes as “Hard War” policy by the United States in 1864.  The class was assigned a section of Grimsley’s book, Hard Hand of War: Union Military [...]

Sherman’s March and America

by Kevin Levin on October 19, 2009 · 17 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians, Slavery, Southern History

Anne Sara Rubin is hard at work on a new digital project on Sherman’s March. I first heard about the project at last year’s SHA in New Orleans. It looks to be quite interesting.

Merry Christmas, Mr. President

by Kevin Levin on December 22, 2008 · 7 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Culture

On this day in 1864 William T. Sherman secured the city of Savannah, Georgia after marching his army 300 miles across the state. Upon arrival he wired the president the following: “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 100 and 50 guns and plenty of ammunition, also about [...]

Sherman Book Apparently “Selling Big”

by Kevin Levin on September 15, 2008 · 0 comments · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians

Some Myths Die Hard

by Kevin Levin on January 28, 2006 · 1 comment · Follow me on

in Civil War Historians, Lost Cause, Memory, Southern History

From across the ocean the Guardian offers a short review of recent Civil War novels, including E. L. Doctorow’s, The March. I am ashamed to admit that I haven’t read much fiction in recent years so I can’t comment on the titles reviewed. What is interesting to me is the way in which the reviewer [...]

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