A punitive raid on the civilian underpinning of the Confederacy, helping to starve the Southern armies, and demonstrate to the world that the Confederacy was unable to defend itself.
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
March to Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea
Savannah
1864
From Atlanta to Savannah
no one
Savannah
savannah
Georgia
yes
To starve the Confederate troops in the field by destroying the farms and railroads.