Sherman's March To The Sea

The March through Georgia and South Carolina, lead by General William Techumseh Sherman, was the turning point in the American Civil War. There had been heavy fighting in Tennessee and Kentucky. General Sherman requested permission to take a very large army to the Atlantic Ocean through North and South Carolina, Georgia, then turning North back through the Carolinas and then Virginia. He would divide the Confederate states by blazing a path through the middle of them, foraging and destroying anything of military importance to the Confederates. General Sherman's March achieved his goal, from a military standpoint, but the way his army accomplished it, many southerners say was despicable. The most famous portion of

Sherman lead Union forces into battle to take control of the city of Atlanta, Georgia. This was part of a plan known as the Atlanta campaign that was constructed by Sherman under Commander in Chief Ulysses S. Grant. According to Facts on File, Inc. “Plans for the capture of Atlanta, the Confederacy’s largest railroad hub… were first formulated in February and March 1864” (2009). This was about four to five months before Sherman had led the union into Atlanta. Sherman’s plan which was revealed in April, was described to destroy railroads in order to cease the transportation of supplies that confederate troops needed, as well as make Joseph E. Johnston’s army of Confederate soldiers retreat back to Atlanta forcing them to surrender. A month after on May 5, 1864 Union soldiers attacked Confederates at Dalton, Georgia and attacked Resaca four days later. On May 12 Johnston led his soldiers to meet the Union army at Resaca where his army would battle Union soldiers from May 13 to May 15. Although Confederates had driven Union soldiers back on the second day of battle, after Johnston received reports telling him of the Unions success in gaining position he decided not to attack on the following morning and instead retreated his soldiers to Calhoun and Adairsville. Following this evacuation, Confederates were supposed to ambush Union soldiers on Cassville road, they were all positioned by May 19 in the morning, but the army retreated and waited for Union soldiers to attack

William Tecumseh Sherman was one of eleven children born to a distinguished Ohio family. Sherman was orphaned at a young age and was enrolled in the United States Military Academy by his legal guardian, Senator Thomas Ewing. He graduated sixth in his class, but never saw extensive action on the battlefield. He tried other professions for a few years, but the outbreak of the Civil War called him back into service. During the early years of the war he served in the battles of Bull Run, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg, and slowly moved up the chain of command. Following his successful capture of Jackson, Mississippi, Sherman was promoted to Commander of the Western Theatre, by his boss and friend, General Ulysses S. Grant. It was after this promotion that Sherman set out for the Southern industrial hub of Atlanta and soon after began the famous March to the Sea ("William T. Sherman."). This march, from Atlanta to Savannah, was about two hundred and eighty five miles long and lasted for about three weeks. Sherman’s men stole food and livestock, burned houses and barns, and attempted to scare the state of Georgia into surrender and collapse the Confederate war effort. During this time, Sherman and his men encountered little resistance. The only battle was a small skirmish outside the town of Griswoldsville that the Union won handily. After this failure, the Confederates began to retreat and initiated a scorched earth policy.

men, Sherman started on his famous march of 400 miles (645 kilometers) "from Atlanta to the sea." For 32 days no news of him reached the North. He had cut himself off from his base of supplies, and his men lived on what they could get from the country through which they passed. They covered a path 60 miles (95 kilometers) wide in their march, and in that path everything that they could not use but that might prove of use to the enemy was ruthlessly

Union general William T. Sherman led nearly 60,000 men on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864. Sherman’s motive behind this march was to intimidate Georgia’s civilians into renouncing their loyalty to the Confederate cause. While Sherman’s men did not eradicate any of the towns they passed, they stole livestock, food, and burned the houses and barns of the individuals who tried to fight back. The Union was “not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people,” Sherman explicated; as a result, they needed to “make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.”. (history.com)

Before the fall of Atlanta, various battles resulting in Union defeat had left crushed hopes for the Union, General Sherman even having to stand down from his attacks on Kennesaw Mountain and Pigeon Hill when he foresaw their defeat. Despite this, he remained resilient and due to Atlanta’s role as a significant rail and supply hub for the Confederacy, the Union targeted the city and General Sherman consequently cut through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah in a blaze of flames after evacuating its citizens, crushing the Confederate army’s supplies and morale. His success not only ensured Abraham Lincoln’s reelection but also wreaked havoc across vital Confederate railroads, damaging the Confederacy’s war efforts beyond repair. The reelection of Abraham Lincoln boosted the spirits of the Union and secured Union victory in the nearby

The hiring of General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick was the turning point in U.S. history during the Civil War because of his negative demeanor, participation in irresponsible activities, political ambition, exceptional ability to lead Soldiers, and unethical military tactics. Sherman would utilize these elements during the Savannah Campaign to create a psychological advantage that would ensure his victory. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began a historical campaign through Savannah Georgia, eventually called “Sherman’s March to the Sea” during the winter of 1864. General Sherman chose an aggressive, reckless and politically motivated Soldier with a propensity for embellishment known as Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Chosen to lead General Sherman’s Calvary division, which consisted of First and Second Brigade, Kilpatrick would become one of the most notorious and iconic figures in the American Civil War. 3

A picture was photographed in 1864, and it showed Northern soldiers tearing up railroads, telegraph poles, and supply lines. They destroyed the railways, to stop the Confederates from ordering and receiving supplies. This action was lead by William Tecumseh Sherman, and was famously titled “Sherman’s march to the sea,” which occurred in the city of Atlanta Georgia. According to the primary document title “General Sherman on the March to the Sea,” in 1865. This act was meant to force the Confederates into either surrendering or become weaker due to fewer resources.

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Carolina campaign during the American Civil War led to the capital of South Carolina in the city of Columbia in early 1865. Sherman was employing a new military strategy of total war, in which he considered the civilian population and their property as military targets. Upon hearing of Sherman’s march toward Columbia, the Confederate cavalry General Wade Hampton faced the reality that Columbia would be lost to Sherman.

Sherman began the move north in January of 1865. The only hope of Confederate resistance would be supplied by General P.G.T. Beauregard. He was putting together an army with whatever supplys he had left, but at best would only be able to get about 30,000 men. This would be no challenge to the combined forces of Schofield and Sherman. Sherman's plan was to march through South Carolina. His men would march in two ranks: One would travel northwest to give the impression of a press against Augusta and the other would march northeast toward Charleston. However the one true objective would be Columbia.

damages happen during civil war in America Savannah Campaign when General William, T Sherman troops moved from Atlanta to capture the port of Savannah on December 1864. The force destroyed the confederate military targets and other infrastructures such as industries, civilian properties, railroad and rail stations, and disrupt the confederacy’s economy and its transportation networks in order to hinder the logistics movements and enemy reinforcement to bring the war to an

General Sherman’s war on the innocent southerners or on the confederates was the tactics used during his march for the good order and discipline of the Soldiers as outlined within the Articles of War. Sherman led 67,000 men on a 285 mile march to the ocean from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia. This march began on November 15 after taking Atlanta from the Confederate troops which was rich of supplies and ammunition that was needed to continue the war; December 21, 1864 when the march ended outside of Savannah, GA. The tactics that were used by Sherman and his men were brutal and costly not only to the Confederates but to the Southern people as a whole.

demoralizing those who remained. However, at the same time, Sherman attempted to win the hearts and minds of some of the south by making a point to focus on the wealthy when it came to foraging, and to leave the poor alone. The belief was that the rich were usually loyal to the Southern Agenda, while the poor were usually friendly or neutral to the North. In the same manner that the nation was at war with itself, Sherman attempted to turn the South against itself as well. Writing to General Halleck about civilians now involved in the war as a result of his march, Sherman said, “If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.” (Mitchell, 2014) Sherman’s psychological war of destruction was starting to take its toll on the South.

I really did enjoy this article because it portrays that even kids can make new doors from their old ones. Sherman is really inspirational because he taught himself how to read from a superman comic book and he didn’t decided to stick with, he wanted more, more knowledge, more power. He didn’t want to stay on path of failure and that anyone who was Indian would do the same. I liked this article because he knew that people were going to bring him down to the ground and a traditional failure, but no he pushed them back and grab anything that “[he] read anything that had words and paragraphs”(Alexie 3). He wanted to prove everyone wrong and that he can be proud of himself and at the same time, to save himself. He wanted to be a success and all

“War is hell,” William T. Sherman said as his Union Army was ravaging and torching the city of Atlanta during the Civil War. Sherman’s statement stands true and strong to this day and I, unfortunately, fully sympathize with it.