Sherman's Fifth Corps

About the Novel

In November 1864, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta, Georgia in flames and embarked on his historic March from Atlanta to the Sea. Along the way, he unintentionally liberated thousands of black people held as slaves in the Georgia cities and towns. They left the farms and plantations in droves--joining the Union Cause as hired servants, cooks, laundresses, teamsters, and pioneers, determined to make their own way as free citizens of the United States. They became Sherman’s 5th Corps, and one of them, a young ex-slave named Jennie Lewis, became Sherman's mistress. Through actual and fictional letters, diaries, journals, news accounts, official reports and for the first time, the words of the ex-slaves themselves, Sherman's Fifth Corps tells a story of the man and the March that has never before been told. Beginning November 1864 and ending January 1865, each daily entry on this blog presents a daily record of the Great March, told in the words of the people who were there. From their individual reports, we can reconstruct and imagine what happened when hardened Union soldiers and newly liberated blacks marched across Georgia and formed an unplanned, unprecedented alliance to bring about the end of the Civil War, the reconstruction of the Union, the end of slavery, and a new birth of freedom for this country.

September 11, 2012

Now Available in Print!

Sherman's Fifth Corps, a Civil War Novel, is now available in print! To order your first edition, signed copy, request by email to jabarnes937@gmail.com.

For a limited time, you can purchase your signed, first edition for $9.99 (plus shipping and handling). Bulk orders for schools will receive an additional discount.

Experience the famed March from Atlanta to the Sea, lead by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, as never before. Through actual and fictional letters, diaries, journals, news accounts, official reports and for the first time, the words of the ex-slaves themselves, SFC tells a story of the man and the March that has never before been told. Sherman’s Fifth Corps reconstructs and imagines what happened when hardened Union soldiers and newly-liberated Blacks marched across Georgia. They formed an unplanned, unprecedented alliance that brought the end of the Civil War, the end of slavery, and, literally, a new birth of freedom for this country.

Of course, the novel is also available on Kindle from Amazon.com. Click the link on this page and get, search for the title in the Kindle Store, and you can be reading in minutes!