• 'General Sherman's Christmas' captures the war-time holiday in Savannah 150 years ago

  • Dec 25 2024
  • Length: 7 mins
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'General Sherman's Christmas' captures the war-time holiday in Savannah 150 years ago

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  • During the Civil War, Union Army Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops arrived in Savannah, Georgia, days before Christmas in 1864. The city was their final stop on Sherman's March to the Sea, a military campaign to weaken Confederate power through the state of Georgia. Stanley Weintraub's 2009 book, General Sherman's Christmas, explores the holiday celebration in the war-torn city. In today's episode, we revisit a conversation between Weintraub and NPR's Guy Raz about Sherman's controversial reputation and how they tied twigs to the heads of mules to turn them into reindeer.

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