What battle began sherman's march to the sea?

Answer 1

You're probably thinking of Atlanta, though this battle was not actually the start of the March.

The fall of Atlanta gave him a chance to rest his troops, and re-think his strategy. He noted that Georgia had enjoyed a good harvest and there was plenty of food they could live on, if they chose to abandon their vulnerable supply-line and march for Savannah.

The March actually began about ten weeks after the Battle of Atlanta.

Answer 2

Sherman

Sherman started his "March to the Sea" from Atlanta at down of November 16,1864, after destroying all infrastructures of military interest standing in the city, whose civilian quarters were also involved by fire and blasts, which caused most of them of being razed to the ground.

He set out from Atlanta, his Army divided in 4 columns, marching on a front of 50 kilometres, menacing both Augusta and Macon but having as his first objective the Capital of Georgia, Milledgeville.

Answer 3

A change of strategy, following Sherman's failure to destroy the Army of Tennessee, which had got out safely from Atlanta.

Sherman noted that the rich farmland of Georgia had enjoyed a good harvest, and that he could live off the land without having to worry about his long and vulnerable supply-line.

If he ignored the Army of Tennessee, and turned East to relieve Savannah, he could strike a blow at the civilian 'underbelly' of the Confederacy, ruin Southern morale, and help to starve the enemy troops.

It was a six-week operation, marching in a 60-mile wide swathe, burning and looting, killing livestock and despoiling the crops. Beyond this, they did not display particular brutality to the local families, but the army was unofficially accompanied by mounted ruffians who were beyond control.

The Georgians were reduced to such despair that they pleaded with the troops to cross over to their sister-Confederate state of South Carolina (the state that had started the war) and do the same to them instead.

This Sherman was happy to do, once he had relieved Savannah. Some say he spared that lovely city from destruction because he had once loved a girl from there. More likely, he felt he had made his point in Georgia, and wanted to pursue the small Confederate army that had escaped from Savannah into Carolina.

Answer 4

Chattanooga