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To the Sea: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, Sherman's March across Georgia and through the Carolinas, 1864–1865. Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 2002. ISBN 1-58182-261-8. Parten, Bennett. Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation. Simon & Schuster, 2025. ISBN 9781668034682
English: Map of Gen. William T. Sherman's march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the American Civil War. Français : Carte de la marche du général William Tecumseh Sherman à travers la Géorgie et les Carolines , durant la Guerre de Sécession .
Davis defended his actions as a matter of military necessity, with Sherman's full support. [11] Sherman's solution came in the form of Special Field Order No. 15. In 2010, the Georgia Historical Society erected a historical marker titled "March to the Sea: Ebenezer Creek" near the site, recognizing the 1864 tragedy and its outcome.
The Battle of Waynesboro was an American Civil War battle fought on December 4, 1864, in eastern Georgia, towards the end of Sherman's March to the Sea. Union cavalry forces under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick defeated Confederate cavalry led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, opening the way for William T. Sherman's armies to approach their objective ...
Coastal operations in Georgia, including the culmination of Sherman's March to the Sea, are included in the western theater. The campaign classification established by the U.S. National Park Service, [1] which calls these the lower seaboard theater and gulf approach operations, is more fine-grained than the one used in this article. Some minor ...
After the war, Sherman remarked that while his March to the Sea had captured popular imagination, it had been child's play compared to the Carolinas Campaign. [6] Sherman's plan was to make a feint for Augusta, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, while instead truly aiming for Goldsboro, North Carolina.
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The Battle of Griswoldville was the first battle of Sherman's March to the Sea, fought November 22, 1864, during the American Civil War.A Union Army brigade under Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt fought three brigades of Georgia militia under Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Philips, at Griswoldville (an industrial town), near Macon, Georgia, and continued its march toward Savannah.