AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA
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They were met by the full force of the Confederate army and nearly lost the battle.
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The small army in Savannah fled and the mayor of the city surrendered without a fight.
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They were surrounded by Robert E. Lee‘s troops and were soundly defeated.
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They were out of food and nearly starved to death before reinforcements came from the north.
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They celebrated by burning the city to the ground.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Taking Savannah When Sherman arrived in Savannah, the small Confederate force that was there fled and the mayor of Savannah surrendered with little fight. Sherman would write a letter to President Lincoln telling him he had captured Savannah as a Christmas gift to the president.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sherman did exactly that in his fiery March to the Sea. By capturing and holding Savannah, Sherman turned one of the Confederacy’s own vital supply depots against itself. This meant that in coastal Georgia, the Union forces could feed and resupply itself, and the Confederate Army could not.
Detailed explanation-3: -(The 10, 000 Confederates who were supposed to be guarding it had already fled.) Sherman presented the city of Savannah and its 25, 000 bales of cotton to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift. Early in 1865, Sherman and his men left Savannah and pillaged and burned their way through South Carolina to Charleston.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sherman’s March to the Sea was an American Civil War campaign lasting from November 15 to December 21, 1864, in which Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties.