![]() On April 26, Confederate troops under General Joseph E. Sherman stayed in Savannah until the end of January and then continued his scorched earth campaign through the Carolinas. It was the beginning of the end for the Confederacy. Two days later, Sherman telegraphed President Lincoln with the message "I beg to present to you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah." Sherman's army reached Savannah on December 22. ![]() Of burnt out houses) and "Sherman neckties" (railroad rails that had been heatedĪlong the way, his army was joined by thousands of former slaves who brought up the rear of the march because they had no other place to go. Wake of his progress to the sea he left numerous "Sherman sentinels" (the chimneys Plantations were burned, crops destroyed and stores of food pillaged. His army of 65,000 cut a broad swath as it lumbered towards its destination. Unbeknownst to his enemy, Sherman's objective was the port of Savannah. No word would be heard from him for theįive weeks. Telegraph wire that linked him to his superiors in the North. Sherman's "scorched earth" campaign began on November 15th when he cut the last ![]() ![]() ![]() The Confederate'sĮvasive tactics doomed Sherman's plan to achieve victory on the battlefield soĪlternative strategy: destroy the South by laying waste to its economic and transportation Georgia in a vain attempt to lure them into a decisive fight. He devoted the next few weeks to chasing Confederate troops through northern Atlanta fell to Sherman's Army in early Septemberġ864. ![]()
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