# Georgia

Sherman’s Other March Was A Lesser Known, Vengeful Attack on South Carolina
Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman, is best known in popular culture for his march through Georgia in late 1864, living off the land while wreaking havoc and driving home the hopelessness…

This White Reporter Posed as a Black Man in the Deep South for a Story
Ray Sprigle won the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting in 1938 for a series of articles he wrote which proved that…

10 Troubled Historical Figures Who Committed Suicide
According to the World Health Organization, one million people end their lives every year. That’s one death every 40 seconds.…

Condemned To Death: 5 of America’s Longest Serving Death Row Inmates
The existence of the death penalty in 31 states (and the federal government) continues to cause controversy as human rights…

The 8 Shortest Wars of the 20th Century
There have been times throughout history that have proven that war does not always have to be a long, drawn…

This Day In History: Georgia’s Royal Governor Is Run Out Of Savannah
On February 11, 1776, the American Revolutionary war was heating up. James Wright was a London-born lawyer and his family…