A MICHIGAN YANKEE MARCHES WITH SHERMAN - Tecno-Libro

A Michigan Yankee Marches with Sherman is a historical Civil War novel based on the life of Rufus W. Seaman, the author's great-grandfather. .it gives a day-by-day account of the army's activities and hardships, but more importantly, focuses on the human dimension of the life of Rufus and his comrades who are part of the campaign-on their homesickness, their scant rations and deprivation, the arduous work that sapped their energies as they dismantled key rail lines, their heart-felt joys, and their hunger for news from home. .its central climax militarily comes when Rebel troops abandon Savannah to Union forces and General Sherman can send President Lincoln the well-known telegram presenting him the city as a Christmas gift. But the novel is not merely a chronicle of a wartime campaign. it also describes the life of Rufus' family back home in Michigan-his young wife Sarah and small daughters, Dorothy and Lucy, as well as his extended family, as all of them anxiously look to