Events Date Event 11/15/1864 In Georgia, General W.T. Sherman and his 62,000 men march out of a burning Atlanta, heading for the sea 12/13/1864 Near Savannah, Georgia, Fort McAllister falls to Union troops and Sherman makes contact with the U.S. Navy 12/20/1864 - 12/21/1864 In Georgia, Confederate troops evacuate Savannah and Sherman's "March to the Sea" is complete People Baird, Absalom Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. Davis, Jefferson Columbus Geary, John White Hardee, William Joseph Hatch, John Porter Hazen, William Babcock Howard, Oliver Otis Hunter, Morton Craig Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson Mower, Joseph Anthony Oliver, John Morrison Osterhaus, Peter Joseph Robertson, Beverly Holcombe Sherman, William Tecumseh Slocum, Henry Warner Smith, Gustavus Woodson Smith, Giles Alexander Thomas, George Henry Walcutt, Charles Carroll Ward, William Thomas Wheeler, Joseph Williams, Alpheus Starkey Places Georgia Fort McAllister, GA Griswoldville, GA Waynesborough, GA Millen, GA Milledgeville, GA Sandersville, GA Madison, GA Savannah, GA Images "Down in Georgia - Sherman's March," cartoon, Frank Leslie's Magazine, December 24, 1864 Sherman's Advance in Georgia, 1864, map, zoomable image Sherman's Advance in Georgia, 1864, map, zoomable image, detail General Sherman's Army crossing Coosa River, Alabama, November 1864, artist's impression General Sherman's Army crossing Coosa River, Alabama, November 1864, artist's impression, detail Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, panoramic photograph, zoomable image Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 1864, artist's impression, detail Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, detail Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, detail Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, detail Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, further detail Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, further detail Railroad Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Burning of Atlanta, November 15, 1864, artist's impression, detail Union troops destroying railroad installations, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Union troops destroying railroad installations, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail Union troops move out from a burning Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Union troops move out from a burning Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1864, artist's impression, detail Camp Lawton, Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, detail Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, further detail Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, more detail Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, Millen, Georgia, December 4, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, Millen, Georgia, December 4, 1864, artist's impression, detail Camp Lawton, Confederate prisoner of war camp, Millen, Georgia, December 1864, artist's impression Camp Lawton, Confederate prisoner of war camp, Millen, Georgia, December 1864, artist's impression, detail Destruction of railroad depot at Millen Junction, Georgia, December 3, 1864, artist's impression Interior of the Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, Millen, Georgia, December 4, 1864, artist's impression Skirmish at Sandersville, Georgia, November 25, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Skirmish at Sandersville, Georgia, November 25, 1864, artist's impression, detail Burning of the railroad depot at Madison, Georgia, December 3, 1864, artist's impression Fort McAllister, south of Savannah, Georgia, December 18, 1864, artist's impression Union's Fifteenth Corps storming Fort McAllister, Savannah, Georgia, December 13, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Union's Fifteenth Corps storming Fort McAllister, Savannah, Georgia, December 13, 1864, artist's impression, detail Confederate prisoners clearing land-mines, Fort McAllister, Georgia , December 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Confederate prisoners clearing land-mines, Fort McAllister, Georgia , December 1864, artist's impression, detail First issue of Union newspaper "Loyal Georgian," Savannah, Georgia, December 24, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image First issue of Union newspaper "Loyal Georgian," Savannah, Georgia, December 24, 1864, artist's impression, detail Sherman's forces reach the sea and make contact with the U.S. Navy, December 13, 1864, artist's impression Sherman's troops reach the sea, Ogeechee River, Georgia, December 1864, artist's impression General Sherman meeting Union naval forces, completing his march to the sea, December 14, 1864, artist's impression General Sherman meeting Union naval forces, completing his march to the sea, December 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail Union troops raising their flag over the Governor's Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression Burning the Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, Georgia, November 23, 1864, artist's impression Burning the Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, Georgia, November 23, 1864, artist's impression, detail Georgia State Capitol, Milledgeville, Georgia, in Union hands, November 1864, artist's impression Union troops destroying railroad bridge over Ogeechee River, Georgia, November 30, 1864, artist's impression Union troops destroying railroad bridge over Ogeechee River, Georgia, November 30, 1864, artist's impression, detail Confederate Evacuation of Savannah, Georgia, December 21, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image Confederate Evacuation of Savannah, Georgia, December 21, 1864, artist's impression, detail Confederate troops evacuating Savannah, Georgia, December 20, 1864, artist's impression Pre-evacuation burning of the Confederate Naval Yard, Savannah, Georgia, December 21, 1864, artist's impression Issuing occupation passes to citizens of Savannah, Georgia , January 1865, artist's impression Issuing occupation passes to citizens of Savannah, Georgia , January 1865, artist's impression, detail Savannah, Georgia, January 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image Savannah, Georgia, January 1865, artist's impression, detail "Santa Claus Sherman putting Savannah into Uncle Sam's Stocking," cartoon, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, January 14, 1865 Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864 Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864 Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail Ruins of the railroad depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864 Union General Sherman reviewing his troops, Savannah, Georgia, January 1865, William Waud, zoomable image Removing captured Confederate ammunition stores, Fort McAllister, Georgia, December 1864 Removing captured Confederate ammunition stores, Fort McAllister, Georgia, December 1864, detail Fort McAllister, Georgia, interior, December 1864 "Sherman's Bummers," Union foragers during the southern campaign, South Carolina, artist's impression, detail "Sherman's Bummers," Union foragers during the southern campaign, South Carolina, artist's impression, zoomable image General William T. Sherman and staff officers, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, zoomable image The "bummers" and foragers of Sherman's Army marching in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression The "bummers" and foragers of Sherman's Army in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression, detail Reception of the color bearers of Sherman's Army in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression General W.T. Sherman leading his army at the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression
Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, detail
Union troops destroying railroad installations, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union troops destroying railroad installations, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Union troops move out from a burning Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union troops move out from a burning Atlanta, Georgia, November 15, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Camp Lawton, Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, detail
Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, detail
Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, further detail
Confederate Prison Camp at Millen, Georgia, in operation circa November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image, more detail
Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, Millen, Georgia, December 4, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Camp Lawton, Confederate prisoner of war camp, Millen, Georgia, December 1864, artist's impression, detail
Interior of the Confederate Prisoner of War Camp, Millen, Georgia, December 4, 1864, artist's impression
Union's Fifteenth Corps storming Fort McAllister, Savannah, Georgia, December 13, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Union's Fifteenth Corps storming Fort McAllister, Savannah, Georgia, December 13, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Confederate prisoners clearing land-mines, Fort McAllister, Georgia , December 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
Confederate prisoners clearing land-mines, Fort McAllister, Georgia , December 1864, artist's impression, detail
First issue of Union newspaper "Loyal Georgian," Savannah, Georgia, December 24, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image
First issue of Union newspaper "Loyal Georgian," Savannah, Georgia, December 24, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Sherman's forces reach the sea and make contact with the U.S. Navy, December 13, 1864, artist's impression
General Sherman meeting Union naval forces, completing his march to the sea, December 14, 1864, artist's impression
General Sherman meeting Union naval forces, completing his march to the sea, December 14, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Union troops raising their flag over the Governor's Mansion, Milledgeville, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression
Burning the Georgia Penitentiary at Milledgeville, Georgia, November 23, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Union troops destroying railroad bridge over Ogeechee River, Georgia, November 30, 1864, artist's impression
Union troops destroying railroad bridge over Ogeechee River, Georgia, November 30, 1864, artist's impression, detail
Pre-evacuation burning of the Confederate Naval Yard, Savannah, Georgia, December 21, 1864, artist's impression
Issuing occupation passes to citizens of Savannah, Georgia , January 1865, artist's impression, detail
"Santa Claus Sherman putting Savannah into Uncle Sam's Stocking," cartoon, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, January 14, 1865
Union General Sherman reviewing his troops, Savannah, Georgia, January 1865, William Waud, zoomable image
"Sherman's Bummers," Union foragers during the southern campaign, South Carolina, artist's impression, detail
"Sherman's Bummers," Union foragers during the southern campaign, South Carolina, artist's impression, zoomable image
The "bummers" and foragers of Sherman's Army marching in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression
The "bummers" and foragers of Sherman's Army in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression, detail
Reception of the color bearers of Sherman's Army in the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression
General W.T. Sherman leading his army at the Grand Review, Washington D.C., May 24, 1865, artist's impression
