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The short answer - almost every city he entered was laid waste before he left. With the exception of one city: Union, Mississippi. He respected the name of the city because it was named Union. He spared the city and even stayed in a hotel there. It is now a musuem.
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General Sherman marched his army from Chattanooga toward what city?
General Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army advanced from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia. After victory in Atlanta, Sherman ordered the city's evacuation and burning in November 1864.
What city was mostly destroyed by General Sherman as part of the Union stragey of total war?
Atlanta, Georgia
What general led the march of the sea?
General William Tecumseh Sherman led a march to the sea burning everything in his way including the city of Atlanta.
Who led destructive march through georgia?
For all practical purposes the three Union armies under the command of Major General William T. Sherman did not "march through Georgia". They battled their way under fierce resistance from Confederate forces.The General William T. Sherman was the highest ranking Union general to lead the march through Georgia. His first main target was Atlanta. The city surrendered in early September, 1864, helping President Lincoln's re election campaign.Sherman made that city his headquarters for almost two months. He then began his famous or to some, his infamousmarch to the sea, towards the port city of Savannah. He ordered Atlanta burned to the ground upon his departure, however, Catholic priests begged him to spare hospitals, which he did spare.Savannah surrendered on December 21, 1864.
What happend during the battle of Savannah during the civil war?
Sherman's troops took the city, but did not destroy it as they had with Atlanta. The Southern troops left the city and it was occupied without a fight. Sherman's army, traveling fast and light, reached Savannah on December 10, 1864 and found Confederate troops under Lt. General Hardee blocking them from the port. Instead, Sherman captured the lightly defended Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River. With supplies and heavy guns delivered from a Union fleet, Sherman sent an ultimatum to the city leaders on December 17: surrender or be destroyed. Hardee's troops slipped away across the river and the city was surrendered on December 21.
