Nearly a month after leaving Atlanta, today General William T. Sherman and his army reach the Georgia coast. The March to the Sea is over. His men exhausted and the army low on supplies, Sherman directs a contingent of officers to contact Union supply ships that should be nearby. While awaiting a rendezvous with naval…
Union General William T. Sherman arrives at Pooler this day, some twelve miles from the port city. Soon, Savannah will be his. Twenty miles from Savannah, Sherman’s rear guard, under the command of Major General Jefferson C.Davis, crosses Ebenezer Creek on pontoon bridges. Up to 5000 fugitive slaves, following the Federal army, are told to…
With gloom and bitterness, winter draws nigh. Death and desertion has left Confederate armies but a shadow of their former strength. General Sherman is mere miles from the Georgia coast and the Union is putting yet more men in uniform in order to prepare for a renewed spring offensive against Richmond. In all but the…