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Sherman's March to the Sea
In one of the most infamous campaigns of the American Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman led 62,000 troops on a brutal 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah. His goal: break the Confederacy ...
The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...
but when the Civil War broke out, he joined the U.S. Army as a colonel. Sherman fought at the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, in which Union troops were beaten badly by the Confederate Army.
On both sides, the Civil ... Union and Confederate forces. National Museum of American History Pin made of William T. Sherman uniform buttons National Museum of American History Campaign hat worn by ...
It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" Sonja Anderson During the Civil War, Confederates ... port city was preserved from Sherman’s wrath, but suffered ...