Sherman's MArch
The path General Sherman took on his march.
Sherman's MArch to the sea
Union General William T. Sherman led a march of around 60,000 soldiers on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia from November 15th until December 21st, 1864. The purpose of this "March to the Sea" was to scare Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, but they stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back. After they arrived in Atlanta General Sherman decided to march into North, and South Carolina to finally end the Civil War. The Union was finally able to end the Civil War when they marched into North Carolina on December 22nd 1864. General Lee ended up surrendering in Appomattox Courthouse on April 7th 1865, and Sherman's March as it is now called was the last major battle/march of the Civil War and this Union victory led to the Union's victory in the Civil War. "The Yankees were not only fighting hostile armies, but a hostile people,” Sherman explained that as a result they needed to “make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.”