Savannah Campaign

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American Civil War campaign Union military operation military campaign

The Savannah Campaign was a major Union military operation during the American Civil War in which General William Tecumseh Sherman led his forces on a destructive march across Georgia to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Savannah Campaign canonical	2
Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War campaign ⓘ Union military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aimedTo	break the Confederacy’s ability and will to continue the war ⓘ
beganWith	evacuation of Atlanta by Sherman’s forces ⓘ
capturedCity	Savannah ⓘ
commandedBy	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman
composedOf	Army of Georgia ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
damageType	confiscation of livestock and supplies ⓘ destruction of factories ⓘ destruction of farms and crops ⓘ destruction of railroads ⓘ
dateOfLincolnTelegram	1864-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfSavannahCapture	1864-12-21 ⓘ
endDate	1864-12-21 ⓘ
endedWith	capture of Savannah ⓘ
followedBy	Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
hasAlias	Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
hasBelligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union (United States) ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
hasCommander	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
historicalSignificance	accelerated the collapse of the Confederacy ⓘ contributed to Abraham Lincoln’s political support in 1864 ⓘ demonstrated effectiveness of deep-penetration raids ⓘ
isDescribedAs	a destructive march across Georgia ⓘ
LincolnRole	President of the United States during the campaign ⓘ
location	Georgia ⓘ Savannah ⓘ surface form: Savannah, Georgia
notableConfederateCommander	William J. Hardee ⓘ
notableEvent	Sherman’s offer of Savannah as a Christmas gift to President Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
notableUnionCommander	Henry W. Slocum ⓘ Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard
objective	cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity ⓘ destroy Confederate military infrastructure ⓘ undermine Southern civilian morale ⓘ
partOf	Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
primaryTarget	Confederate economic resources ⓘ Confederate supply lines ⓘ Confederate transportation networks ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-11-15 ⓘ
strategy	scorched earth ⓘ total war ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionForceSize	about 62,000 soldiers ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sherman’s March to the Sea → alsoKnownAs → Savannah Campaign ⓘ

Carolinas Campaign → precededBy → Savannah Campaign ⓘ

Army of the Tennessee → campaign → Savannah Campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Savannah Campaign (March to the Sea)