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=**__Sherman's March in the Civil War__**= Alex G.

This movie tells about General Sherman's march in the civil war that was considered the most risky, but at the same time the most successful campaigns in the civil war. He marched his army straight through enemy territory in Georgia, destroying big cities and small towns with anything that could construct arms or supplies to the Confederate army.
 * __Introduction__:**

__**Characters**__ Character 1: Alex Garcia Character 2: Aron Schwartz Character 3: Dylan Charles Interviewed: Mr. Livingstone camera man: Christian Pavlakos

__**Short Description of Your Scenes**__ Scene 1: Talking with Aron and Dylan in playground Scene 2: Animation of movement of troops and individual description Scene 3: interview of Mr. Livingstone


 * __Detailed Description of Your Scenes__**

__Scene 1:__

Alex: This movie is about how Union officer, General Tecumseh Sherman, changed the course of the Civil War. Aron: He took over or destroyed 3 major confederate strongholds while only losing a total of 600 men. Dylan: I don't understand why he was a Union general when he didn't like black people. Alex: Well he did treat them just as fairly as white people. Aron: Who cares what happened over 150 years ago? Dylan: That war changed this country forever (angry).

__Scene 2/animation:__

Voice over: General Sherman was given 60,000 troops for a campaign in the south during the civil war. After overwhelming Atlanta, Georgia He marched his men straight through the heart of the enemy territory of Georgia toward Savannah. While marching through Georgia he ordered his men to destroy anything that could construct arms for the Confederate army. After destroying many towns he figured out that they didn't need to destroy the town, they just needed to destroy the railroads so that the Confederates couldn't transport supplies anywhere. When they ripped up the railroads they would heat them up and twist them around a tree or pole so that they couldn't be used again. These were called Sherman's neckties. Fort McAllister was the main fort near Savannah and had fought off all other attempt to overwhelm it. The fort had eighteen heavy artillery cannons on the river side, but the back had many fewer cannons and only a total of 217 in the fort which left it relatively unprotected. After taking over Savannah Sherman was determined to end he war. He then marched his men to Columbia in South Carolina. Even though Sherman gave no such orders his men burned Columbia to the ground as a testament to the fact that that's where the Civil war started. Sherman said that even though he gave no such orders he felt no regret toward the people of Columbia. After marching his men to Richmond, Virginia to corner Confederate general Lee's army that was protecting the Confederate capital of Richmond (and winning the war) a bill was proposed in Congress to make Sherman, Grant's equal. Sherman immediately Declined the offer. People continued for most of the rest of his life asked him to run for President and for the rest of his life he declined

__Scene 3/interviews with Mr. Livingstone:__

Question 1: If you were General Grant would you have allowed Sherman to go as he wanted and take an army through Georgia? Answer: Question 2: What would you have done if your men burned an entire city out of spite? Answer: Question 3: Would you have accepted the offer to be made the equal rank of General Grant, or listen to the prompts to run for President? Answer:

__Scene 4/credits__: Alex-himself Aron-himself Dylan-herself Mr. Livingstone-himself voice over-Alex, Aron, Dylan special thanks to Ms. Bentz

Information gathered from the History Channel documentary, "Sherman's March."