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This activity traces General William Sherman, of the Union Army, and his men as they marched through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina near the end of the Civil War.  The accounts start with Sherman’s occupation of the city of Atlanta in September of 1864, and then follow his army’s march from Savannah to North Carolina, from November of 1864 to April of 1865.  The accounts of Sherman's March in each state were told from Union soldiers’ perspectives and Confederate citizens’ and soldiers’ perspectives.  The accounts discussed the carnage and purpose of Sherman’s March, to destroy the South's resources and the will to fight mentally. The first section you encounter is the Introductoin, which provides you with more  background information on Sherman's March.  The next two sections demonstrate how to properly compare Union sources and how to compare a Confederate source to a Union source.  The final section has the activity.  

This tutorial is designed to help students understand what a primary source is and why they are used. Primary sources can come in a varitey of formats: from written text, to an audio recording, to an old photograph. Using questions from the SCIM-C method we will be able to analyze and interpret primary sources more deeply. Please view the tutorial on primary sources, and scim-c before moving on to the activity. The activity will present several letters that were written by Lietuenant Joseph J. Hoyle during the Civil War. The guiding question is "What motivated Hoyle to continue fighting in the Civil War?" Students will use the knowledge gained from the tutorial to evaluate Hoyle's primary sources. The primary sources include three letters by Hoyle. Two letters were written in 1862 and one letter in 1863. Then complete the short paper listed on the Acvity page.