The font written on the cover of the notebook is not pretty, there is no art at all, but it can shock the United States!

Even Ye Tian, an outsider, couldn't help but hold his breath when he saw this text, feeling the murderous aura that rushed to the sky, and could even hear the terrible wails and screams!

The cover of the notebook reads:

"William Tecuse Sherman, 1864, Notes on the March, Plan of Going South!"

Just one line of words is enough to shake the entire American historiography community and make every scholar who studies the history of the American Civil War crazy.

Sherman, a famous military strategist during the American Civil War, was second only to President Lincoln and General Grant in the Union Army, and was the most fierce and ruthless military general in American history.

During the Civil War, he served as commander of the U.S. Western Theater of Operations, and in the spring of 1864 he was successful in the war, after which he served as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, receiving the rank of general.

In 1864, he proposed the "March to the Sea", and on the way to the march, he led the army of ten thousand to sweep the southern part of the United States, leaving no grass in the cities and villages in his pass, and completely burned to ashes!

The "march to the sea" completely destroyed all kinds of military installations of the Southern Army, dealt a heavy blow to the economic strength of the South, completely paralyzed the southern economy, and laid the most solid foundation for the final victory of the Northern Army.

This pattern of all-out warfare, which destroys the enemy's war potential, industrial, agricultural, and economic systems, and indiscriminately attacks military and civilian facilities, began with Sherman and appeared for the first time in human history.

As a result, historians generally consider him to be an early advocate of "total war" and the founder of total warfare in the industrial age.

Ye Tian was not surprised to find this notebook in Chattanooga.

It was Sherman's stronghold during the Civil War, where he fought and garrisoned for a long time, and the initial starting point of the "March to the Sea".

At the top of Lukeot Hill, not far from this courtyard market, is the Battle of Chattanooga Memorial, which contains a wealth of historical and related artifacts about Sherman.

For the people of Chattanooga, William Sherman, although he was not born in this city, was the pride and hero of the city!

There are many reasons why this notebook appeared here, perhaps because Sherman's orderly brought it back to Chattanooga, or maybe Sherman himself left the notebook here.

Of course, it could also be the collector's collection!

As for why it was hidden in the base of the table, it is unknown.

The desk was made in 1925, which may have something to do with the economic crisis of 1929.

At that time, many people left their homes to earn a living, perhaps in order to preserve this note, so they remodeled the furniture and hid it!

But no matter what the reason, now that this marching notebook is in front of him and within reach, how could Ye Tian miss it?

This is a treasure that belongs to buddies, whoever robs me is in a hurry!

Compared to those top oil paintings, sculptures, etc., this is a truly priceless treasure, which cannot be measured in dollars at all, and is a national treasure of the United States, which is enough to make countless people crazy!

Ye Tian forcibly suppressed his excitement, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down!,

Now is not the time to get excited, when you take these two pieces of furniture and this priceless marching notebook, you can cheer and celebrate.

With this marching notebook, even if he returns to New York immediately and ends this treasure hunt in Corridor 127, Ye Tian is 10,000 willing, and there is no better harvest than this!

He didn't immediately retract the perspective and ask the stall owner for a quote to take down the two pieces of furniture, but read the notes with interest.

Although the notebook is rolled up, and the text is reversed in many places, but under perspective, it can barely be read, but it is a little dizzy to see!

Seeing the content of the first page of the note, Ye Tian immediately felt a murderous aura rushing over his face.

At the top of the first page is the following line:

"The devastating, reckless and cost-effective destruction of the South is not only to destroy the enemy's army, but also to destroy the enemy's economic base and the will to fight of the enemy's inhabitants. —Ulysses Grant

This is a very famous battle order in American history, and the subsequent famous actions such as "March to the Sea" and "Burning Atlanta" all came from it.

The overall strategy formulated by Gran Du and Sherman has had a great impact on the history of the US military!

The shadow of this strategy can be seen in the later "ideas of unconditional surrender, nuclear deterrence, and large-scale retaliation."

Under this famous military order is a text by Sherman.

"After consultation and discussion with General Grant, and the careful deduction of many staff officers, we jointly worked out the next phase of the battle plan, which is as follows:

The eastern and western theaters launched a coordinated attack on the south in three directions at the same time, with the eastern front as the main direction of attack and the annihilation of Robert Lee's corps as the main goal.

Through a series of battles, the Confederate forces before capturing Richmond and Butler's forces moving from east to west.

Our army swept from west to southeast, penetrated deep behind enemy lines and occupied Georgia, and advanced to the Atlantic coast to make an intermediate breakthrough to the eastern part of the south."

Seeing this text, Ye Tian couldn't help but shudder.

Anyone who knows the history of the American Civil War understands what is behind this text!

It was a bloody scene of corpses strewn all over the field! It was a hellish nightmare that every Southerner in the United States did not want to go to and did not dare to face!

When Sherman led an army of 100,000 into Georgia, the American South became a living hell!

The first was the Battle of Atlanta, which lasted from May to September, and after a total of four months, Sherman successfully took the richest and most prosperous city in the South!

After the occupation of Atlanta, Sherman issued a proclamation to the local residents, demanding that all militia lay down their arms and that all citizens leave the city.

He then ordered the Northern Army to burn the entire city when they left Atlanta in November!

Thousands of old men and women refused to leave to prevent the Northern Army from burning Atlanta, believing that as long as they were still in the city, the Northern Army would not dare to set fire to it for the sake of their lives.

However, they are so naïve!

When the Northern Army was preparing to set fire, the old men and women fell to their knees, hugged the thighs of the Northern soldiers, and cried loudly, crying hoarsely, begging the soldiers to forgive their cities and homes for God's sake.

The Northern soldiers did not hesitate to kick them away and began to set fire to the streets of the city.

Soon, the fire spread throughout the city, and the Northern soldiers quickly withdrew from the city, ignoring the old men and women in the city.

In front of the overwhelming fire, the thousands of poor old people and women could only struggle and scream in despair, trample on each other, and flee for their lives!

In the end, not a single person escaped the fire, and all were burned to ashes!

The Northern Army, which was guarding outside the city, sternly warned the residents of Atlanta who had withdrawn from the city that anyone who tried to put out the fire would be killed, and the fire burned for half a month.

At night, the churning flames rose more than 100 meters high, burning the entire sky as if it were day, and the sky could be seen red from 20 miles away from Atlanta.

During the day, the city rolls up with huge clouds of smoke that make it seem like night for 200 square miles around Atlanta.

Outside the city, countless terrified and desperate Atlanta residents could only watch as their city, their homes and loved ones were mercilessly engulfed by the flames.

The priests of Atlanta could only stand silently in front of the burning city, desperately facing the fiery red sky, constantly crossing and praying, seeing off their city and the souls of those who had died in the flames.

Once the most prosperous and beautiful city in the South, Yatrada was wiped out after the Holocaust, all of which were reduced to rubble, leaving only one street to survive.

The street is now a historical symbol of Atlanta, known as the Underground Street, and the entire street is indeed underground, and you have to take an elevator down to get there.

In other words, the whole of Atlanta today was built on the ruins of the original, and the old downtown was completely destroyed and buried underground.

After setting fire to Atlanta, Sherman began his famous "march to the sea."

He picked 62,000 elite soldiers, most of whom were blacks, carrying only 20 days of dry rations, set out from Atlanta, formed multiple columns, marched hand in hand, and slaughtered the famous Georgian port of Savannah, and copied the back road of the Southern army!

In more than a month, the Sherman army drove more than 460 kilometers, destroying plantations, towns, villages, factories, and enterprises in the south along the way, and almost crushing everything in the south!

It was a devastating march with little resistance, and Sherman abandoned all of his baggage transport and traveled lightly, burning and looting supplies along the way.

During the march, he uttered a famous quote that terrified the hearts of all Southerners.

"We must remove and destroy all obstacles, kill every man, take every inch of land, confiscate every property, in a word, mercilessly destroy everything we see, as long as we think it is necessary!

I just want to make the whole of Georgia cry wolf, I want to make the whole of Georgia hell, I want to make all Georgians, men, women and children, poor and rich, feel the unforgettable pain, and my legion will destroy Georgia soon!"

Starting in Atlanta, the Sherman Legion burned and looted all the way.

Everywhere the Sherman Regiment passed, it was like a steamroller running over, and everything that was on the ground was completely destroyed.

His army advanced rapidly, completely destroying everything in its path, looting civilians for food and property, and killing civilians who resisted.

Farmland was burned, villages were blown up, wells were plugged with lime, railways were smashed, town after town was looted and evicted, town after town was burned.

Sherman's troops hadn't arrived yet, and a dozen miles away they could see the skyrocketing flames!

When Sherman's army left, all that was left on the ground was charred dirt and a lone smoking tree trunk, and there was no one else alive!

At this time, in a speech, he uttered that famous quote that shocked all Americans.

"If people think I'm cruel and cruel, I'll tell them that war is war, and it's not about winning people's affection!

If you want to stop this, if you want peace, you and your relatives should lay down your arms and stop this war!"

In December 1864, with the cooperation of the Northern Navy, Sherman captured Savannah, Georgia, and the eastern part of the territory of the Southern Confederate was divided in half by Sherman's army.

At this point, Sherman successfully completed the battle plan to advance to the sea, from Chattanooga to Georgia and then to the Atlantic coast, laying the foundation for the final victory over the South.