Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
The main city captured by Sherman was Atlanta.
Atlanta :(
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.
Atlanta, Georgia
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.
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.
Atlanta.