As Sherman approached, political and military leaders urged bold resistance by civilians. But, then those leaders decided to "skedaddle" in the words of an AP dispatch from back then. In Milledgeville, the governor packed off rugs, curtains and silverware, leaving his official residence "almost completely stripped" when Sherman arrived and had to use his own cot to sleep on.
The unprotected public naturally developed an intense terrifying feeling of vulnerability. Just what Sherman had intended.
--Old Secesh
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