USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Sherman’s March to the Sea spanned some 285 miles (459 km) over 37 days. His armies sustained more than 1, 300 casualties, with the Confederacy suffering roughly 2, 300.

Detailed explanation-2: -Two weeks after this incident, and 20 miles removed, the march ended in Savannah. Sherman’s army reached the sea, took Fort McAllister and re-tied itself to a naval supply line. On December 21, Union forces captured Savannah; Sherman presented the city to Lincoln as a Christmas gift.

Detailed explanation-3: -The March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65), began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and concluded in Savannah on December 21, 1864.