The march from Atlanta to the sea was a punitive raid on Georgia that would also enable Sherman's army to live off the land.
It attacked the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. By the time they surrendered, they were barefoot and starving.
That is called Sherman's 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- American Union army officer, his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, making an important turning point in the war.
Ulysses S. Grant!. ANSWER William Tecumseh Sherman.
The cowardly march of Sherman from Atlanta to St. Augustine, burning everything in his path, including food and livestock that the lone women needed, devastated Georgia and the South. After Sherman's devastation of Georgia, he later stated that "was is hell." Well, he was in a position to know that for sure.
Sherman's march started in Atlanta in November of 1864
It was simply the Battle of Atlanta. Afterwards, Sherman started planning his March to the Sea, ending at Savannah.
At Atlanta, GA.
Atlanta to Savannah.
they were the burning of atlanta and the march to the sea
Atlanta
Across Georgia - from Atlanta to Savannah.
General Sherman
Sherman takes Atlanta on September 2nd, 1864. He then started his march to the sea, which took him until December of that same year.
Sherman started marching towards Atlanta, Georgia from Chattanooga, Tennesee.
i believe it was Chattanooga
Atlanta