The inhabitant of Atlanta were forced to evacuate the city and sheltered behind the Confederate lines.
During his "March to the Sea", General Sherman's forces destroyed much of the existing infrastructure of Georgia. In areas where they encountered local hostilities (such as ambushes, burned bridges, etc.) they also burned factories, mills, houses, cotton-gins and such - leaving only the non-flammable fireplaces and chimneys - aka "Sherman's Monuments".
General William Sherman wants the people of Atlanta to evacuate the city and surrender to him. He believes that the city is no longer defensible and that the continued presence of civilians will hinder his military operations.
he brunt down houses, stole peoples prize possesions and killed people in an attempt to end the war
His campaign to capture Atlanta, GA, the largest city in the South and his march from Atlanta to Savannah, also called his March to the Sea. Some say General Sherman ordered the burning of Atlanta. Even if that is not true, most people accuse him of burning it. As he marched to Savannah, he foraged from the land of the Southern farmers. He destroyed everhthing that would be of benefit to the local Confederate armies. This was his policy of taking the war to the civilians and a form of scorched earth policy. As a result, most Southerners, both in Georgia and throughout the South, considered General Sherman as a tyrant. What is interesting is that Sherman had been a professor at the college that is now Louisianna State University. He was buried in St. Louis, MO. BTW, when Sherman died, the veterans of the Union Army of Tennessee raised money and erected a monument for him. It is located just to the East of the south lawn of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. It is the largest monument dedicated to a Civil War figure in Washington DC.
General Sherman fought the Confederates in a series of battles as he pushed them from Chattanooga, TN to Atlanta, Georgia. There he fought the Battle of Atlanta in July 1864 and captured that important city. All of this fighting had been accomplished by obtaining supplies brought down from Nashville to Atlanta using river boats, trains and wagons. General Sherman made the decision to lead his army from Atlanta to Savannah without having any supply lines. The men would obtain their food from the land they marched through. General Sherman's plan meant that he would take the War to the people. The local farmers and industrialists were supporting the Confederate army by supplying food and ammunition. Sherman proposed Total War which would mean destroying the means for the civilians to support the war effort. This Total War was applied in many different times. A good example is World War 2. The Americans decided that in order to defeat the Japanese army, they had to send their bombers to hit the towns where the civilians used small shops to build guns and planes. They began to "carpet bomb" the cities with fire bombs in order to stop their capability to produce. This concept of Total War was new at the time of the Civil War. And it did have a tremendous impact on the morale of the Southern people and the government and their willingness to fight.
The Burning of Atlanta was on July 21st, 1864- July 22nd, 1864. It was a two-day battle.
The people of Atlanta did not like Sherman because he burned down their city.
Do you mean the burning of Atlanta during the War between the States (1861-1865). General T Sherman burned a wide swath from Atlanta to the sea at St. Augustine, killing in its wake all food such as garden food and cattle, which of course left the Georgia people with nothing to eat. General Sherman later remarked that "war is hell," and he was in a good position to know that.
During his "March to the Sea", General Sherman's forces destroyed much of the existing infrastructure of Georgia. In areas where they encountered local hostilities (such as ambushes, burned bridges, etc.) they also burned factories, mills, houses, cotton-gins and such - leaving only the non-flammable fireplaces and chimneys - aka "Sherman's Monuments".
General William Sherman wants the people of Atlanta to evacuate the city and surrender to him. He believes that the city is no longer defensible and that the continued presence of civilians will hinder his military operations.
No, none of Gen Sherman's people are live today. General Sherman himself on February 14, 1981 and he served as General during the American Civil War in the 1800s.
Atlanta, Georgia.After the Union troops defeated the Confederates at the Battles of Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge in Nov 1863, the Confederates had to fall back into Georgia. General Grant sent General Sherman to push his troops towards Atlanta, Georgia, the most industrial city in the central southern states. The Battle of Atlanta was fought in July 1864 and Sherman captured the city.General Sherman proposed a bold plan move his army out of Atlanta across Georgia and take the war to the civilian population. His main goal was to crush the will of the people to continue to fight this war. He cut all his supply lines and lines of communication and started on his March to the Sea, arriving at Savannah.
The Battle of Atlanta and its capture by Union general Sherman was a vital victory. Many historians cite these factors as to why the fall of Atlanta was necessary: A. It knocked out an important railway hub of the Confederacy; B. The timing was essential as Lincoln's "poll" numbers were falling and many people began to believe the horrible cost to this war was not worth it. The fall of Atlanta silenced many anti war critics in the North; and C. From Atlanta, Sherman was able to march to Savannah and capture this Confederate port city.
Sherman was commander of the Union forces, which surrounded Atlanta, but did not manage to capture the Confederate army under John Hood, which escaped. It was after this that Sherman decided on punitive raids on Georgia farms, instead of trying to pursue Hood's army.
he brunt down houses, stole peoples prize possesions and killed people in an attempt to end the war
Savannah was not burned - it remains a pre-bellum masterpiece to this day. After laying waste to the rest of Georgia, Sherman spared Savannah, probably because he was in a hurry to pursue the Confederate General Hardee, who had escaped with his army. But another version says that Sherman had once loved a girl from Savannah, and spared the city for that reason. Once across the river into South Carolina, he returned to looting and pillaging, as this was the state that had started all the trouble. The state capital Columbia was burned down to nothing, presumably on purpose, though Sherman denied it.
His campaign to capture Atlanta, GA, the largest city in the South and his march from Atlanta to Savannah, also called his March to the Sea. Some say General Sherman ordered the burning of Atlanta. Even if that is not true, most people accuse him of burning it. As he marched to Savannah, he foraged from the land of the Southern farmers. He destroyed everhthing that would be of benefit to the local Confederate armies. This was his policy of taking the war to the civilians and a form of scorched earth policy. As a result, most Southerners, both in Georgia and throughout the South, considered General Sherman as a tyrant. What is interesting is that Sherman had been a professor at the college that is now Louisianna State University. He was buried in St. Louis, MO. BTW, when Sherman died, the veterans of the Union Army of Tennessee raised money and erected a monument for him. It is located just to the East of the south lawn of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. It is the largest monument dedicated to a Civil War figure in Washington DC.