Major General Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864 was designed to destroy and sources of supply that could be used by the Confederate army. Therefore he authorized the destruction of crops and livestock that might be used by the Rebel army. His March to the sea campaign also fought any Rebel forces that impeded his progress to Savannah, Georgia.
It is frequently called "Sherman's March to the Sea".
General William Sherman's march through South Carolina
he stared in Atlanta and moved to Savannah.
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
By the middle of March 1865, Major General William T. Sherman had been a significant factor in reducing the military structure of the Confederacy. He was able to report to General US Grant that the railway system had been destroyed along with enemy arsenals in Columbia, Cheraw, and Fayetteville.
The March to the Sea
William Sherman general of the union in the battle of Sherman's March to the sea destroyed all of Confederacy's resources and they eventually gave up. They surrendered and Sherman had a victory.
sherman went throught the south on a raid that was known as "shermans" march
March to Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea
Savannah
1864
Savannah
savannah
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Georgia
From Atlanta to Savannah