Shermans March
Sherman and his 105,000 Union soldiers marched through Georgia and into the Carolinas throughout the month of March. Sherman hoped his "march to the sea" would lower the Confederates morale and help win the war.Sherman and his men began their march in Dalton, Georgia on November 16 of last year. Sherman then spread his army out to a fifty- mile wide diameter and headed towards Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men included the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Army of the Ohio. On March 19 General Johnston attacked one of Sherman's advancing columns. Sherman's men reorganized and Johnston's men backed off. Sherman and his men followed close behind. Due to very poor weather and soggy roads, the pursuit was slowed down. General Betonville Johnston posted his Confederate Army of Tennessee in Dalton, Georgia. Sherman then sent his men around the Confederate's left flank. May 12, 1864 Johnston retreated and dropped fifteen miles south to Reseca, Georgia and took another strong position. Sherman again made a left flanking maneuver. Johnston again avoided Sherman's attack and headed south to Altoona, Georgia. In just one month Sherman and his men had traveled eighty miles in pursuit of Johnston. There was continuo
Citizens blamed Sherman for setting the fire, but Sherman denied the accusations. When Sherman and his men reached Columbia, South Carolina, they burned almost the entire city. By this time the Confederates had lost 10,000 and the Union 9,000 due to death, wounds, and capture. The fall of Atlanta was extremely important to the Union because of its strategic position, its importance in the Confederate railroad network, and its impact on Southern morale. In 50 days including 10 days of rest, Sherman's men had traveled some 425 miles. September 7, Sherman's troops marched into Atlanta with flags flying and band playing. On March 27 and 28, Sherman joined in a meeting with President Lincoln and Admiral Poster to discuss plans for a final campaign. December 10 1864, Sherman and his men deployed themselves around Savannah, Georgia. The fort soon fell on December 13th. Johnston, with only 20,000 men, quickly retreated. On July 28, Hood once again tried but with the same result. Sherman then shifted into a crescent, confronting Johnston to the northwest, west, and southwest. Two days later Sherman telegraphed President Abraham Lincoln: "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
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