the war, if you were to come into georgia and see the way the land looked after the march, it wouldn't look a whole lot different than northern virginia would have looked behind the lines in fredericksburg and that area. after an army passes through, things are going to look pretty bad. so it wouldn't have looked a whole lot different. even after the war, sherman made two visits to atlanta and both times he was greeted as a hero. many atlantaens said for taking the torch to our downtown business area and getting rid of it. now we've been able to rebuild. the phoenix has risen. the symbol of atlanta is the phoenix rising. he was greeted as a hero by many people. it wasn't until the lost cause and the development of that narrative really kicks in in the late 19th century, early 20th century that sherman becomes demonized to the extent that he was. there's a great book, in fact i have my list of books. i figured somebody would ask me about what's good to read. one of them that i...