Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Civil War campaign Union military operation military campaign

Sherman’s March to the Sea was Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating 1864 campaign across Georgia that aimed to cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity through widespread destruction of military and economic resources.

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Label	Occurrences
Sherman’s March to the Sea canonical	9
Sherman's March to the Sea	2
March to the Sea	1
March to the Sea campaign	1
Sherman’s March to the Sea (precursor phase)	1
Sherman’s March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War campaign ⓘ Union military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Savannah Campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ Union ⓘ
commander	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commanderRank	Major General ⓘ
commandStructure	Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfEvent	1864-12-21 ⓘ
endDate	1864-12-21 ⓘ
endPoint	Savannah ⓘ surface form: Savannah, Georgia
followedBy	Carolinas Campaign ⓘ
forceStrength	about 60,000 Union soldiers ⓘ
historicalSignificance	classic example of total war in modern history ⓘ
impact	accelerated the end of the American Civil War ⓘ disrupted Confederate supply lines ⓘ severe damage to Georgia’s economy ⓘ undermined Confederate morale ⓘ
ledBy	Union Army ⓘ surface form: Union Army of Georgia Army of the Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Union Army of the Tennessee
location	Georgia ⓘ
notableCityAffected	Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ surface form: Macon, Georgia (threatened) Milledgeville, Georgia ⓘ Savannah ⓘ surface form: Savannah, Georgia
notableEvent	capture of Savannah ⓘ
objective	cripple the Confederacy’s war capacity ⓘ destroy Confederate economic resources ⓘ destroy Confederate military resources ⓘ
opponentCommander	Joseph Wheeler ⓘ William J. Hardee ⓘ
partOf	American Civil War ⓘ
policy	destruction of Confederate infrastructure ⓘ foraging by Union troops ⓘ
precededBy	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-11-15 ⓘ
startingPoint	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
strategy	scorched earth ⓘ total war ⓘ
target	cotton gins in Georgia ⓘ factories in Georgia ⓘ farms in Georgia ⓘ livestock in Georgia ⓘ railroads in Georgia ⓘ warehouses in Georgia ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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American Civil War → hasPart → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

William Tecumseh Sherman → notableFor → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: March to the Sea

William Tecumseh Sherman → led → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman’s March to the Sea from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864

Oliver Otis Howard → battle → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman's March to the Sea

Atlanta Campaign → partOf → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman’s March to the Sea (precursor phase)

Atlanta Campaign → followedBy → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → mainSubject → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sherman's March to the Sea

Union Army → notableCampaign → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

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

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

Western Union armies → engagedIn → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

Jefferson C. Davis → participatedIn → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

Hugh Boyle Ewing → participatedIn → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

Sherman family of Ohio → notableFor → Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: William Tecumseh Sherman

this entity surface form: March to the Sea campaign