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Sherman's march through the South...
Sherman's march through the South...
Item # 705310
December 13, 1864
NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 13, 1864
* General William T. Sherman
* March to the sea - Savannah GA
* Murfreesboro TN Tennessee
Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SHERMAN'S MARCH" "His Approach To Savannah" "He Was only 25 Miles from that City on Dec. 7" "News of an Attack Hourly Expected" "The War In Tennessee" "Rebel Attacks On Murfreesboro" "Repeated Repulse & Route of the Enemy" "List of Rebel General Killed in the Late Engagements" "Gen. Foster's Operations" "Capture of Pocotaligo Bridge" and more.
Eight pages, nice condition.
background: General Sherman's March to the Sea, conducted from November 15 to December 21, 1864, was a bold and devastating Union campaign during the American Civil War, led by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman. After capturing and burning much of Atlanta, Sherman led approximately 60,000 soldiers on a 300-mile march southeast to the port city of Savannah, Georgia. Abandoning traditional supply lines, his troops lived off the land, systematically destroying infrastructure, railroads, crops, and factories to cripple the South's economic and logistical ability to continue the war—a tactic known as "total war." The campaign faced minimal Confederate resistance, as most Southern forces had been redirected, and Sherman's destructive path not only inflicted physical damage but also aimed to break the morale of the Southern population. The march culminated in the capture of Savannah on December 21, which Sherman offered to President Abraham Lincoln as a "Christmas gift." The operation is considered a turning point in the Civil War, both militarily and psychologically, hastening the Confederacy’s collapse and showcasing the brutal effectiveness of strategic warfare aimed at civilian resources.
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