It headed towards Savannah, where he was able to make contact with the U.S. Navy and send news to Washington for the first time in five weeks.
Grant then wanted him to ship his army to Virginia, to join him in the Siege of Petersburg. But Sherman persuaded him to let him continue his punitive raids in South Carolina, the state that had started the war.
Atlanta Georgia. He burned the city to the ground.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Savannah
1864
March to Sea
Savannah
savannah
Georgia
From Atlanta to Savannah
no one
1864
Georgia