In Christmas week 1864, when they reached Savannah and found that the Confederate army under Hardee had escaped into South Carolina.Having re-established telegraph links (after five weeks of worrying...
The primary strategy for the north was twofold. To cut the southern states apart and capture key sea ports. Sherman goal was to capture Savannah thereby cutting off most of the south from Lee's army...
In the Civil War, after the Union Army captured the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee, it became impossible for the factories of Alabama to use the Tennessee River to ship suppliesto the Confederate...