The Refugee Crisis of Sherman's March: Savannah, Port Royal, and the Transformation of the Sea Islands.

The article sheds light on the refugee crisis of U.S. Army General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in Georgia in the Civil War era and the integration of freed refugees into the Port Royal Experiment. Topics discussed include challenge of finding permanent settlements for refugees, fundraising efforts to provide relief to refugees, social dislocation of freedpeople, spread of disease and lack of food, and tensions over labor arrangements and wartime emancipation.