His supply-line was getting too long and vulnerable, and he told Grant that he would not be able to pursue the Army of Tennessee into the mountains.
Instead he planned to conduct punitive raids on Georgia, living off the land as he went, and leaving George Thomas in Nashville to handle the Army of Tennessee.
My mom said they burned houses and people in them killing as much as every Pearson in rackdale and that was the end of the civil war
the Phoenix. atlanta was burned to the ground during shermans march to the sea. Atlanta has emerged as the new capital of the south.
I think 2100 union soldiers died/were wounded and roughly 1000 confederacy soldiers died/were wounder --summer =)
he stared in Atlanta and moved to Savannah.
In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
Sherman's March to the Sea
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March to Sea
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From Atlanta to Savannah
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The "March To The Sea"