W.T. Sherman.
General Sherman
lead the march to sea
Because General Sherman marched to Savannah, GA.. which is near the sea.
This was Sherman's March to the Sea and it was lead by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman.
Sherman
Sherman
The Atlantic
Sherman
I believe it was General Sherman's march to the sea. The march was to cut the Confederate army's supply line and their lines of communication.
Atlanta
Starting mid-November 1864, liberating Savannah in Christmas week. (He jokingly offered the city to Lincoln as a Christmas present.)
The answer is General William Tecomsen Sherman