Introduction to the Bison Book Edition © 1995 by the University of Nebraska Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ + ⃝ The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences--Perma- nence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. First Bison Book printing: 1995 Most recent printing indicated by the last digit below: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902. Marching with Sherman: passages from the letters and cam- paign diaries of Henry Hitchcock, major and assistant adjutant general of volunteers, November 1864-May 1865 / edited, with an introduction by M. A. DeWolfe Howe; introduction to the Bison Book edition by Brooks D. Simpson. p. cm. Includes index. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1927. ISBN 0-8032-7276-6 1. Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902--Diaries. 2. Sherman's March to the Sea. 3. Sherman's March through the Carolinas. 4. United States--History--Civil war, 1861-1865--Personal narratives. 5. Soldiers--United States--Diaries. I. Howe, M. A. De Wolfe ( Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960. II. Title. E476.69.H67 1995 973.78378--dc20 95-2996 CIP Reprinted from the original 1927 edition published by Yale University Press. -iv- |