<P> Sherman 's March to the Sea ( also known as the Savannah Campaign ) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21 , 1864 , by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army . The campaign began with Sherman 's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21 . His forces followed a `` scorched earth '' policy , destroying military targets as well as industry , infrastructure , and civilian property and disrupting the Confederacy 's economy and its transportation networks . The operation broke the back of the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender . Sherman 's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be one of the major achievements of the war . </P>
<P> Sherman 's March to the Sea ( also known as the Savannah Campaign ) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21 , 1864 , by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army . The campaign began with Sherman 's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21 . His forces followed a `` scorched earth '' policy , destroying military targets as well as industry , infrastructure , and civilian property and disrupting the Confederacy 's economy and its transportation networks . The operation broke the back of the Confederacy and helped lead to its eventual surrender . Sherman 's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be one of the major achievements of the war . </P>
who was the general that swept through atlanta
who was the general that swept through atlanta
Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman