Sherman.
It was an entirely new form of combat, and it was the opposite of what Grant had ordered. But Sherman carried high credibility with Grant, who eventually gave his approval. The March to the Sea shortened the war by months.
The Confederate city of Atlanta was captured by US General Sherman in September of 1864. He made Atlanta his headquarters for about 2 months then left to complete his march to the sea and captured the seaport of Savannah. Most of Atlanta except for hospitals was severely damaged by fires set by his Union troops. The major part of the civilian population had been evacuated before the fires.
The Confederate capital, Richmond was captured after the Battle of Five Forks, which forced Lee to evacuate it and Petersburg as well.
I don't think he was a captain but he was a confederate trying to sabotage a supply line through destroying a bridge. He was caught and hung.
Confederate forces captured Fort Sumter on Saturday, April 13, 1861.
Because they had been recently built as such. And Halleck's first order to Grant was to capture them. In the case of Donelson, Grant captured 15,000 Confederate prisoners.
The city of Savannah was captured by Gen. William Sherman on December 21, 1864, after its evacuation by the Confederate garrison.
William T. Sherman was the Union general that captured Savannah Georgia in December of 1864. As Confederate forces had evacuated the city to avoid capture, the mayor of Savannah surrendered to Sherman.
The british captured the city of savannah in,1778.
The british captured the city of savannah in,1778.
William Sherman
Savannah
General William T. Sherman led his lightly-armed troops on his "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah in late 1864. They generally foraged off the land as they traveled, destroying railways and disrupting Confederate enterprises. When they reached Savannah, they captured a small fort and linked up with a Union fleet, then demanded the city surrender or be destroyed. On December 20, the Confederate defenders slipped away, and Sherman occupied Savannah, completing his bold plan to further weaken the South.
Savannah always gets captured in December. 1778 by the British, 1864 by Sherman's Yankees.
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah
William T. sherman
The first Confederate city captured by the Union Army was New Orleans in 1862. New Orleans was the largest port city in the Confederacy. By the end of the war, the Union had also captured Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington in order to deprive the Confederacy of supplies.