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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
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gptkbp:casualtiesUnion
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about 1,000
about 3,100
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:William_J._Hardee
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gptkbp:endDate
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December 21, 1864
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Carolinas_Campaign
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gptkbp:forceStrengthConfederate
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about 12,000
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gptkbp:forceStrengthUnion
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about 62,000
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Savannah Campaign
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Georgia,_United_States
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Siege_of_Savannah
gptkb:Battle_of_Griswoldville
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Issuance_of_Special_Field_Orders_No._120
Destruction of infrastructure
Confederate evacuation of Savannah
Contributed to Confederate surrender in 1865
Cutting of Confederate supply lines
Destruction of crops and supplies
Disruption of Southern railroads
Divided Union army into two wings
Liberation of enslaved people
March covered about 285 miles
March from Atlanta to Savannah
Minimal direct combat
Psychological impact on the South
Sherman's Christmas gift telegram to Lincoln
Sherman's army lived off the land
Union occupation of Savannah
Use of foraging (bummers)
Use of total war tactics
Widespread property destruction
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:Confederate_Department_of_South_Carolina,_Georgia,_and_Florida
gptkb:Union_Army_of_Georgia
gptkb:Union_Army_of_the_Tennessee
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gptkbp:objective
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gptkb:Capture_of_Savannah,_Georgia
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Atlanta_Campaign
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:Union_(American_Civil_War)
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gptkbp:result
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Union victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Weakened Confederate war effort
Boosted Northern morale
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gptkbp:startDate
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November 15, 1864
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Honey_Hill
gptkb:William_Sherman
gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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