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When it became clear to Confederate General William J. Hardee that the target of Sherman's armies was Savannah, Georgia and not Macon Georgia, he ordered Confederate cavalry unites to harass the Union's rear and both flanks. Also, he ordered all available militias to march eastward in an attempt to protect Savannah.

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