Sherman's March to the Sea
November 15 - December 21, 1864
Georgia
Union Victory
Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 62,204
Casualties: > 1,300
Confederate Officers
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Brig. Gen. Roswell S. Ripley
Brig. Gen. James H. Trapier
Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson
Brig. Gen. William B. Taliaferro
Brig. Gen. William Miller
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Confederate Official Records
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Commander, Cavalry Corps
Commander, 1st Division, Georgia Militia
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Confederate Correspondence
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Summary of the Principal Events
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Battlefield Trust
An Article
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History.com
Union General Sherman's Scorched-Earth March to the Sea Campaign Begins
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American History Central
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HistoryTools.org
Sherman's March to the Sea - A Turning Point in the American Civil War
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Warfare History Network
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EyewitnesstoHistory.com
Sherman's March to the Sea, 1864 - A Southerner's Perspective
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JSTOR.org
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YouTube.com
When Georgia Howled: Sherman on the March
Death of the Confederacy: Sherman's March to the Sea
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PBS
The Civil War/Sherman's March/
Ken Burns
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Essential Civil War Curriculum
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War and Warfare
The Strategic Significance of Sherman's March to the Sea
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Historynet.com
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Harper's Weekly
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Forces Engaged: 12, 466
Casualties: approx. 2,300
Union Officers
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Bvt. Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis
Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods
Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
Brig. Gen. John E. Smith
Bvt. Brig. Gen. Green B. Raum
Brig. Gen. John M. Corse
Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice
Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller
Brig. Gen. John W. Sprague
Brig. Gen. Mortimer D. Leggett
Brig. Gen. Manning F. Force
Brig. Gen. Giles A. Smith
Brig. Gen. William W. Belknap
Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin
Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird
Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
Brig. Gen. Nathaniel J. Jackson
Brig. Gen. John W. Geary
Brig. Gen. William T. Ward
Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick
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Union Order of Battle
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Union Official Record
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Union Correspondence
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