Thanks for sharing!

I could go on, but suffice to say, Smith's book is excellent and left me with lots of food for thought. I wound up picking up his entire Vicksburg series and spending a weekend on the battlefield and campaign sites. Worth a read, worth a visit, worth further thoughts! (Pic is #Raymond Battlefield)

And while Grant's army doesn't live entirely off the land--and only for a few weeks--no doubt Sherman took note of the viability of the strategy, one he would enjoy next year in his famed March to the Sea.

The destruction of Jackson hints at the growing total/hard war nature do the conflict. 10/