While Union General William Tecumseh Sherman certainly would not poll very high among historical figures in Georgia, no one can deny the historical significance of his role in Georgia during the Civil War. On a hot and steamy Friday morning, the first ceremony honoring the upcoming Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the start of the Civil War in Georgia took place in front of the Mill Pond House at George L. Smith State Park near Twin City in Emanuel County. The occasion: the announcement by the president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society, Dr. W. Todd Groce, that seven historical markers commemorating Sherman's March to the Sea campaign would be replaced.