Diary, 1864.

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Diary, 1864.

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Diary of John C. Van Duzer, a soldier in the Union Army under General William T. Sherman, describing the movements of his unit in the advance from Atlanta to Savannah, Ga., in 1864. Van Duzer relates Sherman's orders for the destruction of property on the line of march and describes the destruction of buildings and railroads, the burning of Howell Cobb's plantation, a brush with the 1st Alabama Regiment, Cavalry, a sham session of the Georgia legislature held by Sherman and his officers in Milledgeville, Ga., and the capture of Savannah.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Union soldier. From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154271017 From the description of Diary, 1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460638 ...