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shermans march to the sea was to stop souther infastructure with that ruined the north would be able to defeat the south because he would take any supply line to the south. Sherman's March started in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 November 1864 and ended in Savannah, Georgia on 22 December 1864. The purpose was to stop the supply routes between North and South.
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Their were many major events in 1864 but one of them was that in march Ulysses s. grant became general in chief of the union forces..
For the 1864 Union campaign, only General Sherman's army was given the explicit goal of cutting Southern rail links. He was to wage a conventional march on Atlanta, and from there cut as many Rebel railway links as possible. Later in 1864, Sherman's plans would be altered.
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November and December (1864)
started November 15, 1864- December 20, 1864
November 22- December 5, 1864
November 15th/16th to December 22nd 1864
The March to the Sea (Georgia) ended in December 1864. It resumed early in February 1865 when he crossed into South Carolina.
General Sherman's "March To The Sea" concluded in Savannah, Georgia on December 21st, 1864 when the Mayor of Savannah, Dr Richard Arnold, surrendered to General John Geary in return for a promise of safety from the same fate as that which occurred during Sherman's infamous march through Atlanta.
destroy the South's strategic and economic capacity to fight.
shermans march to the sea was to stop souther infastructure with that ruined the north would be able to defeat the south because he would take any supply line to the south. Sherman's March started in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 November 1864 and ended in Savannah, Georgia on 22 December 1864. The purpose was to stop the supply routes between North and South.
Ulysses S. Grant - appointed General-in-Chief in March 1864.
In may of 1864 general grant ordered general sherman to march his army out of chattanooga into Georgia.