'Ware Sherman

Here for the first time is presented in its entirety the Journal that was Professor LeConte's one contribution to literature and not science. It tells a true story--a narration of adventures, for the most part jotted down on scraps of paper in the very midst of dangers and hair-breadth 'scapes. Two wartime experiences are vividly set forth: the first, Professor LeConte's successful attempt to reach his sister's plantation below Savannah just as Sherman's army was concluding its "march to the sea"; and the second, his unsuccessful attempt to move his household treasures to safety from…