Atlanta Is Ours: The Plot to Capture Sherman

What if General William Tecumseh Sherman had been captured and held for ransom by the defending Confederate forces in Atlanta in July 1864? What, then, would have been the outcome of the War Between the States? Dr. Richard H. Sams poses this intriguing question in his novel Atlanta Is Ours: The Plot to Capture Sherman. The story begins as Katie Houston, who lives outside Atlanta just north of Decatur, Georgia, finds herself in the path of Sherman's advancing army. The general is planning his campaign to take Atlanta and march to the sea when Katie accidentally encounters him near her home. When she conveys the critical information of Sherman's whereabouts, she triggers a chain of events that would have altered the course of history.