Sherman's March to the Sea

Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 troops from November 15 till December 21 on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. It was also known as the Savanna Campaign. The purpose was to scare the Georgia citizens out of the Confederate cause. After he lost Atlanta, the Confederates headed west into Tennessee and Alabama attacking Union supply lines as they went. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, they just stole food and livestock, then burned…

Civil War was Sherman’s march to the sea. Sherman’s march to the sea represented one of the largest attacks which were purely meant to decrease the confederacy’s numbers. Sherman’s march to the sea spanned all the way across Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah. During Sherman’s march to the sea the union forces faced little resistance because the opposing commander sought to counterattack by invading Tennessee but ended up being met with formidable defenses. At the beginning of the march Sherman…

General Sherman once said, “War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” This quote of his rang especially true during his march through Georgia, where he garnered most of his military fame and accolades with the sacking of Atlanta, and the subsequent march from there to Savannah, which served to break the military back of the Confederacy once and for all. Sherman invented a form of warfare that would come to be known as “Total War”; it was…

159). One explanation for the questionable Southern journalist reports during Sherman’s march was the fact that Southeastern states did not have reliable sources to begin with, which made writing objective pieces difficult. “The newspapers of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina had to depend for news about Sherman’s advance and Wheeler’s hit-and-run tactics on newspaper exchanges that were hardly better informed then they” (Andrews, 1970, p. 469)…

Dean Settimi Mr. Kroiss US History December 16th, 2016 Sherman's March Even though that most people are aware that generals during the Civil War kill their enemies in order to win, a few people realize that General Sherman had a direct impact during the end of the civil war because of his strategy of total warfare which resulted in General Sherman barely killing any of the confederates, and his army which quickened the wars end and saved the countries lives. General Sherman had a direct impact…

July 2, 1863. We have been fighting for two days now. Some of the men have been talking about deserting; I might join them. This war has been going on for too long. The south is still trying to take Gettysburg and has been quite successful. They drove us from the south of the town all the way through and out the back. They have been relentless in the attacks. I don’t know how much longer we can hold out. Leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, General Richard Ewell clears the Shenandoah Valley…

General Sherman’s contribution to the war during the Civil war has been looked at time and again for his cunning and sometimes brutal tactics during his command of the troops of the West. General Sherman was noted to have orchestrated the largest Confederate surrender during the war. This victory led the President to promote him and the Southerners to hate him, but not because the South lost but how it was lost. Sherman led a campaign on the innocent southerners by using physiological warfare on…

During the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman went right after the Confederates major supply line, bringing the Union fame, but the Confederates shame. Atlanta was one of the most important cities to the Confederates. Atlanta was the Confederates major supply line, and losing Atlanta would be catastrophic. On July 17, while the Confederate army is mostly in trenches surrounding Atlanta, President Jefferson Davis decides that Atlanta is too important to lose, and Johnston isn’t doing well-enough.…

The March to the Sea is still one of the most destructive and devastating battles of the Civil War yet and more battles to come. This horrible tragedy started in Atlanta not long ago on November 15, 1864. This battle led all the way to Savannah on December 21, 1864. The Union General William T. Sherman did this to prove that the Confederate government could not protect their people from an aggressor. After William T. Sherman had captured Atlanta on September 2, 1864, he decided to move his base…

confederate territory. The confederates claimed it was theirs, but the union said it was theirs. President Lincoln told union general Robert Anderson to stay in the fort. Fort Sumter was attacked by confederates, but since the cannons were facing the sea the people in Fort Sumter had a hard time fighting back. The people in the fort lasted for 34 hours before surrendering to the confederates. Second Battle of Bull Run The Second Battle of Bull Run took place in August 1862. On day…