From Atlanta to Savannah, passing through rich farmland after a good harvest, and with very few Confederate troops to slow them down.
The telegraph lines had been cut, so Sherman was incommunicado for almost six weeks, before making contact with the US Navy, who were able to signal Washington.
It is frequently called "Sherman's March to the Sea".
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman's March to the Sea, more formally known as the Savannah Campaign, was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army.
Union General Sherman had just finished his famous March to the Sea. In a communication with President Lincoln after the city of Savannah surrendered, he made his famous "War is hell". quote.
The March to the Sea
General William Tecumseh Sherman led a march to the sea burning everything in his way including the city of Atlanta.
William Tecumseh Sherman .
William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union
The March to the Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea shortened the war by at least six months, at almost nil casualties.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Savannah, Georgia
Sherman's March to the Sea
Savannah
1864
March to Sea