It was called the March to the Sea.
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That is called Sherman's march to the sea.
Sherman's March to the Sea
The March to the Sea
Just South-East of Chatanooga, TN, across the border into Georgia. The Park and Visitor Center is in the town called Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating campaign through Georgia from November 15 to December 21, 1864 is known as "Sherman's March to the Sea" . So called, because W.T.Sherman's goal was the port city of Savannah,Georgia .A remarkable , and infamous to some , campaign to wage war essentially behind Confederate lines relying upon those supplies found along the line of march . He and his army conducted what we know today as a "Scorched Earth" policy where any and all resources available to the enemy (In this case , the Confederacy.) to conduct the war is destroyed/eliminated .