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The name of Union general William T. Sherman is still reviled in Atlanta, 150 years after his soldiers devastated the city. Longtime Atlantan Stephen Davis describes Sherman's shelling in detail unmatched in the Civil War literature. Davis tells the story with a thoroughness and understanding that makes What the Yankees Did to Us the definitive work on the subject.
Stephen Davis has lived in Atlanta, Georgia, most of his life, earning degrees from Emory University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His book, Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston, and the Yankee Heavy Battalions (2001) helped establish his reputation as one of the leading scholars of the Atlanta Campaign. He served as book review editor for Blue & Gray Magazine for more than two decades, and currently serves as book review editor for Civil War News.