1864 â Union General William T. Sherman begins his expedition across Georgia by torching the industrial section of Atlanta and pulling away from his supply lines. For the next six weeks, Shermanâs army destroyed most of Georgia before capturing the Confederate seaport of Savannah, Georgia.
On November 15, the army began to move, burning the industrial section of Atlanta before they left. One witness reported âimmense and raging fires lighting up whole heavens ⦠huge waves of fire roll up into the sky; presently the skeleton of great warehouses stand out in relief against sheets of roaring, blazing, furious flames.â Shermanâs famous destruction of Georgia had begun.
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