Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
The main city captured by Sherman was Atlanta.
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Atlanta
He burned Atlanta to the ground.
Atlanta , Georgia
General Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army advanced from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia. After victory in Atlanta, Sherman ordered the city's evacuation and burning in November 1864.
The Confederates facing the General Sherman problem in Georgia, were not 100% positive of his exact targets or his location in Georgia. They made a small concentration of troops in Augusta, Georgia, but Sherman had no intentions of moving on Augusta, he simply avoided the town.
Atlanta, Georgia
William T. Sherman was the Union general that captured Savannah Georgia in December of 1864. As Confederate forces had evacuated the city to avoid capture, the mayor of Savannah surrendered to Sherman.
General Sherman's march was directed toward the coastal port city of Savannah, Georgia, in November-December of 1864. Sherman called the capture of the port a "Christmas gift" for President Abraham Lincoln.
US General William Tecumseh Sherman led his army in battles with retreating Confederate forces as he marched towards his main objective, the city of Atlanta. Then after keeping his headquarters there for 2 months continued on through Georgia to the seaport of Savannah. He also destroyed most of Atlanta when he left.