Dec 21, 2022
Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as
the Savannah campaign or
simply Sherman's March) was a military
campaign of the American Civil
War conducted through Georgia from
November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William
Tecumseh Sherman, major
general of the Union Army. The
campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city
of Atlanta on
November 15 and ended with the capture of the port
of Savannah on
December 21. His forces followed a "scorched earth"
policy, destroying military targets as well as industry,
infrastructure, and civilian property, disrupting
the Confederacy's
economy and transportation networks. The operation debilitated
the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender.
Sherman's decision to operate deep within enemy territory
without supply
lines was unusual for its time, and the campaign is
regarded by some historians as an early example of modern warfare
or total war.
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