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Timeline of Sherman's March

By the end of the march the Union army captured 5,000 horses, 4,000 mules and 13,000 cattle, and captured or destroyed 9.5 million pounds of corn and large amounts of other provisions. Sherman estimated that he had done $100 million worth of damage to the Confederate war effort, almost $1.5 billion in today's money. Also destroyed were the railroads, and many mills, houses and barns.

Lest we forget. “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”. - George Santayana

Today's Specials

Sherman's March to the Sea

Week 188

(Oct. 30th - Nov. 5th, 1864)

Week 189

(Nov. 6th - 12th, 1864)

Week 190

(Nov. 13th - 19th, 1864)

Week 191

(Nov. 20th - 26th, 1864)

Week 192

(Nov. 27th - Dec. 3rd, 1864)

Monday - Nov. 28, 1864

  • Battle of Buckhead Creek - The Confederate and Yankee accounts of this battle are as different as night and day. They can't both be true...
  • Saturday - Dec. 3, 1864

  • Sherman's Left Wing attempts to liberate the prisoner of war compound, Camp Lawton, north of Millen, Georgia, only to find it empty. Its 10,229 prisoners had been moved to temporary quarters in Thomasville (Thomas County) and Blackshear (Pierce County). Sherman orders the depot and a nearby hotel in Millen burned.
  • The Horrid Affair at Ebenezer
  • Week 193

    Sunday - Dec. 4, 1864

  • Statesboro, Georgia, is the first major town visited by the Right Wing of Sherman's Army in almost two weeks.
  • Battle of Waynesborough
  • Tuesday - Dec. 6, 1864

  • Coosawhatchie, SC
  • Casualties of the 1st & 3rd GA Reserves
  • Wednesday - Dec. 7, 1864

  • Mayor James Calhoun reports the Atlanta City treasury holds $1.64
  • Fighting Along Ebenezer Creek
  • Thursday - Dec. 8, 1864

  • Sherman's Troops Encounter Land Mines
  • Saturday - Dec. 10, 1864

  • The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon
  • Week 194

    Tuesday - Dec. 13, 1864

  • Sherman Captures Fort McAllister. Two miles east of the fort his men make contact with the waiting Union fleet marking the end of the March to the Sea.
  • Video of the capture of Fort McAllister.
  • Gen. William D. Hazen's Report.
  • First Hand Account by Samuel Moore
  • The Return of the Emmett Rifles' Flag
  • Tuesday - Dec. 21, 1864

  • Sherman Demands the Surrender of Savannah. Overnight the Confederates withdraw into South Carolina.
  • Wednesday - Dec. 21, 1864

  • Sherman captures Savannah, GA



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