One hundred and fifty years ago, Gen. Sherman's troops burned their way across Georgia and South Carolina waging total war against the unarmed citizens of the state.

Over the coming weeks we will document the horrors the citizens - my family - suffered at the hands of our government. The daily pictures of horror we now see in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran happened HERE.

Lest we forget. “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. - George Santayana