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Sherman Occupies Atlanta

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Sherman sends dispatch to General Grant proposing a major campaign through the South.  This becomes "Sherman's March to the Sea."  Writing to Grant, Sherman says, “I can make the march, and make Georgia howl…”
Official Records, I, xxxix, pt. 3, p. 3.

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In preparation for the March to the Sea, General Sherman issues Special Field Order No. 120.
Official Records.

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Atlanta is burned by order of General Sherman

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Sherman sets up his headquarter in the Governor's Mansion

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Battle of Waynesbourgh

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Sherman captures Fort McAllister

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Savannah Mayor Richard Arnold surrenders the city

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Sherman telegraphs President Lincoln:  “I beg to present you as a Christmas-gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.”
Official Records, I, xliv.