The History Channel Presents Sherman's March
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Actor: Bill Oberst Jr.Brand: A and E Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
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- The story of General William Tecumseh Sherman, who helped devastate the South's army at the end of the Civil War, is told here via vivid reconstructions of his actions. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES Rating: NR Age: 733961774382 UPC: 733961774382 Manufacturer No: AAAE77438
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DVD Review: A well-produced Documentary
Summary: 4 Stars
When it comes to Civil War documentaries, count me in the Ken Burns fan base. Re-enactment based videos always seem just a bit, well, cheesy to me after watching and re-watching Burns's masterful treatment of archival stills that seem almost to come to life and which, for the most part appear more lively than most re-enactment presentations.
That's why Sherman's March was such a pleasant surprise. I rated the presentation with a solid four stars, with the thought that it might have been five if I were re-enactment friendlier. I can say that it was a very enjoyable and informative 94 minutes I spent watching this presentation. This dvd is a very good presentation of this important and controversial chapter of the war. The re-enacting in this one was well done. While the twenty-first century re-enactors are neither as lean and hungry nor as raggedy as Sherman's bummers or especially the Confederates who tried to stop them, they do give the viewer a good visual sense of things like close-order marching and massed troops assaulting a fortified position-- things Burns' use of stills couldn't do. At the same time, though, as in many re-enactment heavy documentaries some of the same footage was used over and again throughout the feature, always a bit of a frustration. For those more interested in the process of re-enactments than I am, the behind the scenes "History in the Making" featurette is a nice bonus addition to the dvd.
"War is hell," Sherman famously said and his March to the Sea, from Atlanta to Savannah and then the subsequent push northward through the Carolinas to Virginia were proof of that for the Confederacy's civilian population. Was Sherman merely the first example of what came to be known as "total war," as the dvd says--or was he a virulent monster bordering on the sociopathic, as many southerners believed. The emotions on this still run deep, but the impressive array of historians gathered for their expert views seem to come down on the side of early total warrior. As one of them points out, Sherman was certainly more destructive of property than any other general in the Civil War, but he killed fewer humans than Grant--or it might be added, than Lee. The historical research behind the feature presentation is evident in the other bonus feature of the dvd, "Sherman's Total War Tactics," which contains far more period photographs than the feature presentation itself. The producers approached the project, they say, with the preconceived idea that Sherman's army burned every house, killed every animal, and poisoned every well in its path. But that turned out not to have been the case--instead Sherman targeted factories, rail lines, depots, warehouses and other facilities that aided the Confederate war effort. Of course, Sherman's army also burned the city of Columbia, South Carolina to the ground because the war had started in that state. Sherman and his men are not exonerated by the video, but neither are they vilified. The historians who serve as the video's `talking heads' are all Sherman-knowledgeable and most, possibly co-incidentally, are from southern universities. Their take seems to be that Sherman was doing a dirty and destructive job very well and in so doing hastened the end of the war by striking the heart of the Confederate homefront. This documentary is well worth your time and consideration of this interpretation.
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