Dec. 20, 1864: Confederate Troops Flee Savannah and Union Army On this day in 1864, Confederate forces left Savannah, Georgia, escaping Union General William T. Sherman’s troops. A day later, Sherman accepted the Savannah mayor’s surrender and sent President Lincoln a telegraph, presenting Lincoln with the “Christmas gift of the City of Savannah.” A month earlier, Sherman had begun his “March to the Sea,” beginning in Atlanta, Georgia. After capturing Savannah, he turned his armies northward. Sherman’s men fought through South Carolina, and on into North Carolina, laying waste to not only military supplies, bridges, and railroads, but homes, farms, and livestock. By the time the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, Sherman had reached Raleigh, North Carolina, leaving destruction in his wake.Read General William T. Sherman’s biography, by way of American Experience.
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Dec. 20, 1864: Confederate Troops Flee Savannah and Union Army On this day in 1864, Confederate forces left Savannah, Georgia, escaping Union General William T. Sherman’s troops. A day later, Sherman accepted the Savannah mayor’s surrender and sent President Lincoln a telegraph, presenting Lincoln with the “Christmas gift of the City of Savannah.” A month earlier, Sherman had begun his “March to the Sea,” beginning in Atlanta, Georgia. After capturing Savannah, he turned his armies northward. Sherman’s men fought through South Carolina, and on into North Carolina, laying waste to not only military supplies, bridges, and railroads, but homes, farms, and livestock. By the time the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, Sherman had reached Raleigh, North Carolina, leaving destruction in his wake.Read General William T. Sherman’s biography, by way of American Experience.
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Dec. 20, 1864: Confederate Troops Flee Savannah and Union Army On this day in 1864, Confederate forces left Savannah, Georgia, escaping Union General William T. Sherman’s troops. A day later, Sherman accepted the Savannah mayor’s surrender and sent President Lincoln a telegraph, presenting Lincoln with the “Christmas gift of the City of Savannah.” A month earlier, Sherman had begun his “March to the Sea,” beginning in Atlanta, Georgia. After capturing Savannah, he turned his armies northward. Sherman’s men fought through South Carolina, and on into North Carolina, laying waste to not only military supplies, bridges, and railroads, but homes, farms, and livestock. By the time the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, Sherman had reached Raleigh, North Carolina, leaving destruction in his wake.Read General William T. Sherman’s biography, by way of American Experience.
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Dec. 20, 1864: Confederate Troops Flee Savannah and Union Army On this day in 1864, Confederate forces left Savannah, Georgia, escaping Union General William T. Sherman’s troops. A day later, Sherman accepted the Savannah mayor’s surrender and sent President Lincoln a telegraph, presenting Lincoln with the “Christmas gift of the City of Savannah.” A month earlier, Sherman had begun his “March to the Sea,” beginning in Atlanta, Georgia. After capturing Savannah, he turned his armies northward. Sherman’s men fought through South Carolina, and on into North Carolina, laying waste to not only military supplies, bridges, and railroads, but homes, farms, and livestock. By the time the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, Sherman had reached Raleigh, North Carolina, leaving destruction in his wake.Read General William T. Sherman’s biography, by way of American Experience.
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Dec. 20, 1864: Confederate Troops Flee Savannah and Union Army

On this day in 1864, Confederate forces left Savannah, Georgia, escaping Union General William T. Sherman’s troops. A day later, Sherman accepted the Savannah mayor’s surrender and sent President Lincoln a telegraph, presenting Lincoln with the “Christmas gift of the City of Savannah.” A month earlier, Sherman had begun his “March to the Sea,” beginning in Atlanta, Georgia.

After capturing Savannah, he turned his armies northward. Sherman’s men fought through South Carolina, and on into North Carolina, laying waste to not only military supplies, bridges, and railroads, but homes, farms, and livestock. By the time the Confederacy surrendered on April 9, 1865, Sherman had reached Raleigh, North Carolina, leaving destruction in his wake.

Read General William T. Sherman’s biography, by way of American Experience.

Source: to.pbs.org

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