To plunder the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Also known as the capital of confederacy railroad and ammunition.
In may of 1864 general grant ordered general sherman to march his army out of chattanooga into Georgia.
Georgia
Sherman's March to the Sea began on November 15 and ended on December 21, 1864. Sherman was a Major general in the Union Army.
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William T. Sherman
Sherman's March to the Sea was conducted in late 1864.
Savannah, Georgia.
William Tecumesh Sherman
Sherman's march started in Atlanta in November of 1864
General William T. Sherman.
For the 1864 Union campaign, only General Sherman's army was given the explicit goal of cutting Southern rail links. He was to wage a conventional march on Atlanta, and from there cut as many Rebel railway links as possible. Later in 1864, Sherman's plans would be altered.
Sherman's right hand man during the March to the Sea was General Ulysses S. Grant. The entire operation was planned by Sherman in 1864.Ê