The document asks students to imagine they are a Southerner in 1866 and write a paragraph explaining their reaction to seeing pictures of the destruction left by General Sherman's march through the South during the Civil War. Students are prompted to consider how a Southerner might respond to seeing images of the devastation wrought on their homeland after the Union Army passed through.

12. After looking at the pictures of
some of what the South looked like
after Sherman marched through, if
you were a Southerner in 1866,
how would you react to what you
just saw? Write a paragraph that
explains your reaction on your
handout.