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This was an utter misery to shoot (took about 8 hours) but I think it turned out pretty well. Definitely a more complex and nuanced topic than anything I've tackled on Checkmate Lincolnites before. Enjoy!

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Was GENERAL SHERMAN a WAR CRIMINAL?!?!?!?!

Checkmate, Lincolnites! Debunking the Lost Cause myths surrounding William Tecumseh Sherman, including the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea, and the burning of Columbia – and tackling the "slavery would have gone away on its own" thing while we're at it. Surprisingly, Johnny Reb gets in one or two really solid points. Support Atun-Shei Films on Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/atunsheifilms Leave a Tip via Paypal ► https://www.paypal.me/atunsheifilms (Between now and October, all donations made here will go toward the production of The Sudbury Devil, our historical feature film) Buy Merch ► https://teespring.com/stores/atun-shei-films #CheckmateLincolnites #CivilWar #ShermansMarch Original Music by Dillon DeRosa ► http://dillonderosa.com/ Watch our film ALIEN, BABY! free with Prime ► http://a.co/d/3QjqOWv Reddit ► https://www.reddit.com/r/atunsheifilms Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/atunsheifilms Twitter ► https://twitter.com/atun_shei ~REFERENCES~ [1] Charles Royster. The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans (1991). Vintage Civil War Library, Page 127 [2] Nathan Johnson. “Could Slavery Have Died a Peaceful Death?” (2015). Civil Discourse History Blog https://www.civildiscourse-historyblog.com/blog/2015/3/24/could-slavery-have-died-a-peaceful-death [3] John Majewski. Modernizing a Slave Economy: The Economic Vision of the Confederate Nation (2009). University of North Carolina Press E-Books [4] Jennifer M. Murray. “Hard War in Virginia During the Civil War” (2010). Encyclopedia Virginia https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Hard_War_in_Virginia_During_the_Civil_War#start_entry [5] Stephen Davis. All the Fighting They Want: The Atlanta Campaign from Peachtree Creek to the City’s Surrender (2017). Savas Beattie, Page 37-38 [6] Royster, Page 95 [7] Royster, Pages 117-118 [8] Royster, Page 342 [9] William T. Sherman. Memoirs of General William T. Sherman, Vol. II (1889). Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4361/old/orig4361-h/p4.htm#ch21 [10] Royster, Page 79-82 [11] Royster, Page 34-41 [12] Davis, Page 31, 112 [13] Daniel A. Pollock. “The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance” (2014). SouthernSpaces https://southernspaces.org/2014/battle-atlanta-history-and-remembrance/ [14] Royster, Page 328-329 [15] Royster, Page 5-25 [16] Jeff Wilkinson. “Who Really Burned Columbia During the Civil War?” 2018). The State https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article220228240.html [17] Royster, Page 26-27 [18] Royster, Page 346-347 [19] Royster, 388-397

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Volkert

I absolutely love this series. Please keep them coming! One thing that left me wondering after this episode, though. What if Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15, specifically the part known as "Forty acres and a mule", were never rescinded by President Johnson? For instance, what if President Lincoln had not been assassinated, and would have kept the order in tact? Think about it. Many families of freed slaves along the Southern coast would have kept their promised tracts of land. Sherman could well have kickstarted the emergence of a prosperous Southern Black middle class! The South may well have looked much different today, possibly a lot better. Alas, we'll never know, because of that asshole Andrew Johnson. It goes to show: don't trust any UIS president named Andrew, unless their last name is Yang.

Albert DeRosa

This is one of my favorites. Ha. Brilliant. Amazing job!! Love it