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Savannah was occupied by Union forces on December 22. 1864. These forces were led by Civil War General Sherman.
Traditionalists against radical reformers.
In the English Civil War of the 1600s the Royalists were also called Cavaliers, and the Parliamentary (and Puritanical) forces were called Roundheads. There were no Royalists in the US Civil War.
tribal differences
The North and the South sometimes named their battles differently. The North tended to name them after the nearest river, and the South after the nearest town.