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It is well known that General William Sherman did not attack Augusta during his famous military march during the American Civil War. His march destroyed property and confiscated livestock and crops. (Interestingly, Confederate General Joseph Wheeler, the main opposition to Sherman, was also under orders to destroy property and crops). In a letter to the editor of the Augusta Chronicle, Sherman explained that he did not need to attack Augusta; he wanted to get to Savannah so the Union Navy could re-supply him. A recent paper in American Economic Journal:

After the way the economy has waffled and waned during 2022, it could be tough to predict how it will perform in 2023. But Dr. Simon Medcalfe will give it his best shot at his annual Economic Forecast Breakfast next month. Medcalfe, professor of economics at the Hull College of Business at Augusta University and a weekly contributor to Augusta Business Daily, will present a local and regional economic forecast at 7:30 a.m., Dec. 8, in the Dr. Roscoe Williams Ballroom, Jaguar Student Activities Center, Summerville Campus. An RSVP is