Sherman's March
By Kenny Vigano, Matt Knowles,
Dominic Paone, and Steven Lin
Background Information
• Sherman's March to the Sea is the name given
to the Savannah Campaign conducted in
Georgia from November 15, 1864 to
December 21, 1864 by Major General William
Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army.
Background
• Sherman was one of two seizures of that year.
• One was Grant’s seizure of Richmond, the
capital city of the Confederates
• Two was Sherman’s march to seize the city of
Atlanta because it was the center of many
major railroads.
Background Cont.
• Union left the captured city, Atlanta, Georgia
on November 16th and marched to port
Savana on December 21st
Time
• They marched from November 15th, 1864 to
December 21st 1864. They captured the city
of Atlanta and later captured the city of
Savannah
What Happened
• Sherman, commanding the Military Division of
the Mississippi, did not employ his entire army
group in the campaign. Confederate Lt. Gen.
Hood was threatening Sherman's supply line
from Chattanooga, and Sherman detached
two armies under Maj. Gen. George H.
Thomas to deal with Hood in the FranklinNashville Campaign.
March
• President Lincoln and Gen. Grant both knew
about Sherman's March. He marched from
Atlanta, Georgia south towards Savannah.
March cont.
• General William Sherman's Union troops
marching from Savannah to Columbia and the
burning of that city in February of 1865.
Defeated
• Atlanta fell to Sherman's Army in mid
November 1864. He devoted the next few
weeks to chasing Confederate troops through
northern Georgia in a vain attempt to lure
them into a decisive fight.
Campaign
• In November 15 1864 Sherman went to
Atlanta, and left it in flames they called this
campaign scorched earth.
Campaign
• Plantations were burned, crops destroyed and
stores of food pillaged.
Campaign Cont.
• It was the beginning of the end for the
Confederacy. Sherman stayed in Savannah
until the end of January and then continued
his scorched earth campaign through the
Carolinas.
Surrender One
• On April 26, Confederate troops under
General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to
Sherman in North Carolina.
Surrender Two
• Lee Surrendered to Grant on May 13th
Other Info About General Sherman
• Promoted three time post-march
• Once major general, next lieutenant general
and finally general-in-chief of armies.
• He also retired at his own request Febuary 8,
1884