Shermans March
Sherman and his 105,000 Union soldiers marched through Georgia and into the Carolinas throughout the month of March. Sherman hoped his "march to the sea" would lower the Confederates morale and help win the war.Sherman and his men began their march in Dalton, Georgia on November 16 of last year. Sherman then spread his army out to a fifty- mile wide diameter and headed towards Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman's men included the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Army of the Ohio. On March 19 General Johnston attacked one of Sherman's advancing columns. Sherman's men reorganized and Johnston's men backed off. Sherman and his men followed close behind. Due to very poor weather and soggy roads, the pursuit was slowed down. General Betonville Johnston posted his Confederate Army of Tennessee in Dalton, Georgia. Sherman then sent his men around the Confederate's left flank. May 12, 1864 Johnston retreated and dropped fifteen miles south to Reseca, Georgia and took another strong position. Sherman again made a left flanking maneuver. Johnston again avoided Sherman's attack and headed south to Altoona, Georgia. In just one month Sherman and his men had traveled eighty miles in pursuit of Johnston. There was continuo
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