in his childhood home. During this meeting, General Sherman expressed great frustration at Major Anderson having planting land mines along the land route into the fort, finding it a less-than gentlemanly tactic. General Sherman personally ordered Major Anderson to join the details of captured Confederates tasked with clearing these mines following the battle. Before being confined, Anderson observed a company of Union soldiers marching out of the fort, on a course that would lead them into some buried ordinance that would have detonated under their feet.[20] Taking their hand, Anderson led them out of harms way. This story was fondly remembered years later in a letter from the once-young lieutenant George W. Sylvis of the 47th Ohio, when he wrote to his old adversary.[21] The day after the battle, Sherman rowed out to Dahlgren's flagship to greet the admiral. Sherman also had reason to be proud of the troops that had taken part in the victory at Fort McAllister; they were the same troops he had personally led as a division commander at Shiloh and a corps commander at Vicksburg. With his supply line now open, Sherman was able to prepare for the siege and capture of Savannah, a goal he achieved by Christmas. Gallery Opposing forces Union Military Division of the Mississippi - MG William T. Sherman Army of the Tennessee - MG Oliver O. Howard XV Corps - MG Peter J. Osterhaus Confederate Fort McAllister garrison - Maj George Wayne Anderson See also Battle of Fort McAllister (1863) References National Park Service battle description CWSAC Report Update Nevin, David, Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea, Time Life Books. Durham, Roger S, "Guardian of Savannah - Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and Beyond", The University of South Carolina Press, 2008, . External links Fort McAllister Historic Park Our Georgia History Fort McAllister II Fort McAllister II Fort McAllister II Fort McAllister II Bryan County, Georgia Fort McAllister 1864 1864 in Georgia (U.S. state) December 1864 events