Nearly 140 years have not erased Georgia's memory of the trail of destruction by General William T. Sherman and Union troops as they burned their way from Atlanta to Savannah during a critical campaign of the Civil War. Those weeks in late 1864 have left a lasting influence on the state's history and culture. This article deals with Georgia's proposed changes in the history curriculum. The study of the Civil War would be removed from the capstone U.S. history course, and that it would be assigned primarily to the 5th and 8th grade curricula. This article emphasizes the good things about the proposal. However, critics contend that it represents a "dumbing down" of the curriculum.