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Feb 22, 2010 · Sherman's March to the Sea was a destructive Union offensive across Georgia in late 1864 that aimed to frighten locals into abandoning the Confederate cause.
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Sherman’s March to the Sea (November 15–December 21, 1864), American Civil War campaign that concluded Union operations in Georgia and crippled the South’s war-making capacity. After seizing Atlanta, Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman embarked on a scorched-earth campaign to the coastal town of Savannah.
Sep 17, 2014 · Two weeks after this incident, and 20 miles removed, the march ended in Savannah. Sherman’s army reached the sea, took Fort McAllister and re-tied itself to a naval supply line. On December 21, Union forces captured Savannah; Sherman presented the city to Lincoln as a Christmas gift. Almost miraculously, damage and destruction immediately ceased.
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Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah campaign or simply Sherman's March) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army.
- November 15 – December 21, 1864, (1 month and 6 days)
- Georgia
- Union victory
Sep 22, 2023 · Most infamously, Sherman’s troops became the destroyers of Georgia’s railways. The stereograph card below shows Atlanta residents loading into railway cars, trying to leave the city before Sherman’s troops destroyed rail lines out of the city. “Preparing for the ‘March to the Sea'” by George Barnard, 1864. Prints & Photographs Division.
Sep 5, 2002 · The March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65), began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and concluded in Savannah on December 21, 1864. Union general William T. Sherman abandoned his supply line and marched across Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean to prove to the Confederate […]
May 14, 2012 · File: F.O.C. Darley and Alexander Hay Ritchie - Sherman's March to the Sea.jpg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Jump to navigation Jump to search.