Savannah Campaign

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The Savannah Campaign was a major Union military operation during the American Civil War in which General William Tecumseh Sherman led his forces on a destructive march across Georgia to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity.

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instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
Union military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aimedTo break the Confederacy’s ability and will to continue the war ⓘ
beganWith evacuation of Atlanta by Sherman’s forces ⓘ
capturedCity Savannah ⓘ
commandedBy Major General William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
composedOf Army of Georgia ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
damageType confiscation of livestock and supplies ⓘ
destruction of factories ⓘ
destruction of farms and crops ⓘ
destruction of railroads ⓘ
dateOfLincolnTelegram 1864-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfSavannahCapture 1864-12-21 ⓘ
endDate 1864-12-21 ⓘ
endedWith capture of Savannah ⓘ
followedBy Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
hasAlias Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
hasBelligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
hasCommander William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
historicalSignificance accelerated the collapse of the Confederacy ⓘ
contributed to Abraham Lincoln’s political support in 1864 ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of deep-penetration raids ⓘ
isDescribedAs a destructive march across Georgia ⓘ
LincolnRole President of the United States during the campaign ⓘ
location Georgia ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
notableConfederateCommander William J. Hardee ⓘ
notableEvent Sherman’s offer of Savannah as a Christmas gift to President Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableUnionCommander Henry W. Slocum ⓘ
Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard
objective cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity ⓘ
destroy Confederate military infrastructure ⓘ
undermine Southern civilian morale ⓘ
partOf Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
primaryTarget Confederate economic resources ⓘ
Confederate supply lines ⓘ
Confederate transportation networks ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1864-11-15 ⓘ
strategy scorched earth ⓘ
total war ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionForceSize about 62,000 soldiers ⓘ

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Sherman’s March to the Sea → alsoKnownAs → Savannah Campaign ⓘ
Carolinas Campaign → precededBy → Savannah Campaign ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → campaign → Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea) ⓘ
linked to: Savannah Campaign
Army of Georgia → participatedIn → Savannah Campaign ⓘ
Southern theater of operations → hasMajorCampaign → Georgia campaign ⓘ
linked to: Savannah Campaign
Savannah captured on 1864-12-21 → campaign → Savannah Campaign ⓘ
Savannah captured on 1864-12-21 → tactic → siege and investment of Savannah ⓘ
linked to: Savannah Campaign
Second Battle of Fort McAllister → campaign → Savannah Campaign ⓘ