Sherman thought their was a treasure in Savannah that the union army needed.
General Sherman is well known for Sherman's march. Which is where he and his soldiers marched from Savannah to the coast and burned everything on their way there.
Savannah, GA.
Savannah was at a hinge point of the campaign across Georgia and then north to the Carolinas. As Savannah was a major port it served as a good base from which to launch the next phase of Sherman's march. An intact Savannah was more useful to the overall campaign than a ravaged city.
General Sherman's march was directed toward the coastal port city of Savannah, Georgia, in November-December of 1864. Sherman called the capture of the port a "Christmas gift" for President Abraham Lincoln.
William T. Sherman was the Union general that captured Savannah Georgia in December of 1864. As Confederate forces had evacuated the city to avoid capture, the mayor of Savannah surrendered to Sherman.
General Sherman is well known for Sherman's march. Which is where he and his soldiers marched from Savannah to the coast and burned everything on their way there.
Milledgeville, then Savannah. After they crossed into South Carolina, they burned down the state capital Columbia.
Savannah was not burned - it remains a pre-bellum masterpiece to this day. After laying waste to the rest of Georgia, Sherman spared Savannah, probably because he was in a hurry to pursue the Confederate General Hardee, who had escaped with his army. But another version says that Sherman had once loved a girl from Savannah, and spared the city for that reason. Once across the river into South Carolina, he returned to looting and pillaging, as this was the state that had started all the trouble. The state capital Columbia was burned down to nothing, presumably on purpose, though Sherman denied it.
The major accomplishments of Roger Sherman was that he made an almanac and was a very talented writer.
No, Savannah Georgia was burned during the American Revolution.
The city in the U.S. which was burned by Sherman and his army was Atlanta, GA. It is estimated that the army burned over 400 buildings.
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Atlanta to Savannah.
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William Tecumseh Sherman was a Union General who during the civil war occupied Atlanta, Georgia then burned the city and a swath of territory from Atlanta to Savannah on his famous "March to the Sea".
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