Meridian Campaign

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The Meridian Campaign was a major 1864 Union offensive in the American Civil War, led by General William T. Sherman to destroy Confederate infrastructure in Mississippi and pave the way for his later March to the Sea.

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Meridian Campaign canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union offensive ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meridian Expedition ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignType railroad raid ⓘ
scorched-earth operation ⓘ
commander James B. McPherson ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDestroyed Meridian largely destroyed in February 1864 ⓘ
endDate 1864-03-06 ⓘ
followedBy Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
goal to render Meridian and surrounding region useless as a Confederate base of operations ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
influenced Union strategy of deep raids into Confederate territory ⓘ
location Alabama ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
notableEvent capture and destruction of Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
objective destruction of Confederate military infrastructure ⓘ
destruction of Confederate railroads ⓘ
destruction of Confederate supply depots ⓘ
disruption of Confederate logistics in Mississippi ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate Army of Mississippi ⓘ
opposingCommander Leonidas Polk ⓘ
partOf Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
primaryTargetCity Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
railroadsDestroyed Mobile and Ohio Railroad segments ⓘ
Southern Railroad of Mississippi segments ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
major destruction of Meridian, Mississippi ⓘ
severe damage to Confederate rail network in central Mississippi ⓘ
secondaryTargetArea central Mississippi ⓘ
linked to: Central Mississippi
significance logistical rehearsal for Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
startDate 1864-02-03 ⓘ
strategy total war against infrastructure rather than occupation of territory ⓘ
strength Confederate forces significantly outnumbered and dispersed ⓘ
Union forces approximately 20,000–25,000 men ⓘ
tactic burning of depots and warehouses ⓘ
demolition of bridges ⓘ
systematic destruction of rail lines ⓘ
theaterCommander William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Meridian Campaign ⓘ
XVI Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Meridian Campaign ⓘ