Sherman's March to the Sea

November 15 – December 21, 1864 · Savannah — march endpoint

Union campaign through Georgia led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, from Atlanta to Savannah, practicing total war against Confederate infrastructure and morale.

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Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

William Tecumseh Sherman

Strength and losses

Strength: 62,000
Guns: 64

Units

Army of Georgia XIV Corps (Union Army) Army of the Tennessee 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment 21st Ohio Infantry Regiment 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Also involved 1

Ulysses S. Grant ordered the campaign · Union