The Passing
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As they march by...
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It was the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. Sherman stayed in Savannah until the end of January and then continued his scorched earth campaign through the Carolinas. On April 26, Confederate troops under General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Sherman in North Carolina; seventeen days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.
The site where Johnston surrendered is right near Duke. I’ve visited a couple of times.
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I think Sherman (the first chancellor of LSU) understood Southerners better than most Union generals. He knew he was going to have to break them to beat them.
The cost was horrific.
