George Tecumseh Sherman would be my guess, during his march through 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.
William T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union General William T. Sherman's march to the sea scattered Confederate resistance and allowed him to force the surrender of Savannah Georgia. The territory between Atlanta and Savannah along with other Southern areas were depleted of any farm products, livestock or weapons that might be used to supply Confederate armies in the East.
As the Union's general in chief, General McClellan envisioned Port Royal as a stepping stone to a land assault on Charleston and Savannah, along with the important railroad that ran between the two ports and linked the southeastern states with Virginia.
Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22. 1864. These forces were led by Civil War General Sherman.
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.
William T. Sherman
Union General Rosecrans
Union General William T. Sherman
He was a Union General who had marched from Atlanta to Savannah and destroyed everything in the sixty mile path.
Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22, 1864.
Union General Rosecrans
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union General William T. Sherman's march to the sea scattered Confederate resistance and allowed him to force the surrender of Savannah Georgia. The territory between Atlanta and Savannah along with other Southern areas were depleted of any farm products, livestock or weapons that might be used to supply Confederate armies in the East.
As the Union's general in chief, General McClellan envisioned Port Royal as a stepping stone to a land assault on Charleston and Savannah, along with the important railroad that ran between the two ports and linked the southeastern states with Virginia.
The chief concern of General Sherman's march to Savannah, or in fact to any point on the Atlantic coast that he might be able to march north and reinforce Union troops battling the Confederates in Virginia. Such a combined Union force there would enable the Federals to break through the Confederate entrenchments surrounding Petersburg.