Download William T Sherman Burning Atlanta Pics. Capture of atlantaóaugust and september, 1864. William tecumseh sherman, who traveled from atlanta georgia to the city of savannah, georgia.
Sherman's letter to the mayor and council members of atlanta, written on sept. A union general responds to pleas to spare a city. Profiles the civil war general who captured and burned atlanta before beginning his march to the sea at the head of an army of men, mules, and wagons that stretched for more than twenty miles.
While sherman is infamous throughout the south due to the burning of several southern cities, his as sherman explained to the city council of atlanta while expelling the entire population of the city:
The burning of atlanta, georgia, november 11, 1864. Atlanta civil war georgia hoods attack. He returned at the battle of shiloh to victory and then gathered 100,000 troops destroying atlanta and devastating georgia in his march to the sea. From november 15 to december 21, 1864 william t.