Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.

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Generate an image of Sherman’s March to the Sea (Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War campaign ⓘ
Union military operation ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Savannah Campaign ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union ⓘ
commander William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commanderRank Major General ⓘ
commandStructure Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1864-12-21 ⓘ
endDate 1864-12-21 ⓘ
endPoint Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
followedBy Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
forceStrength about 60,000 Union soldiers ⓘ
historicalSignificance classic example of total war in modern history ⓘ
impact accelerated the end of the American Civil War ⓘ
disrupted Confederate supply lines ⓘ
severe damage to Georgia’s economy ⓘ
undermined Confederate morale ⓘ
ledBy Union Army of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Union Army

Union Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
location Georgia ⓘ
notableCityAffected Macon, Georgia (threatened) ⓘ
Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah
notableEvent capture of Savannah ⓘ
objective cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity ⓘ
destroy Confederate economic resources ⓘ
destroy Confederate military resources ⓘ
opponentCommander Joseph Wheeler ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
partOf American Civil War ⓘ
policy destruction of Confederate infrastructure ⓘ
foraging by Union troops ⓘ
precededBy Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1864-11-15 ⓘ
startingPoint Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
strategy scorched earth ⓘ
total war ⓘ
target cotton gins in Georgia ⓘ
factories in Georgia ⓘ
farms in Georgia ⓘ
livestock in Georgia ⓘ
railroads in Georgia ⓘ
warehouses in Georgia ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Oliver Otis Howard → battle → Sherman's March to the Sea ⓘ
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Meridian Campaign → followedBy → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
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