Sherman's Army

GPTKB entity

Properties (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Carolinas_Campaign
gptkb:Savannah_Campaign
gptkbp:commander gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:communicationEquipment telegraph
gptkbp:enemy gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:Union_Army_standard_issue
gptkbp:goal disrupt_Confederate_supply_lines
gptkbp:historicalContext Civil War era
Reconstruction era
Union military strategy
Military tactics evolution
Civilian impact during the war
Political ramifications post-war
Southern_resistance
Economic_impact_on_the_South
Post-war_impact_on_the_South
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed to the end of the Civil War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sherman's Army
gptkbp:impact psychological warfare
destruction of infrastructure
gptkbp:legacy influence on modern military strategy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Southern_United_States
gptkbp:logistics foraging for supplies
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
March to the Sea
Battle of Savannah
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Capture_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Battle_of_Jonesboro
gptkb:Battle_of_Nashville
gptkb:Surrender_of_Johnston
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Bentonville
March through Georgia
Destruction of Columbia
Occupation of Savannah
End_of_the_Civil_War
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:James_B._McPherson
gptkb:George_H._Thomas
gptkb:John_A._Logan
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:size approximately 60,000 soldiers
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Military_Division_of_the_Mississippi
gptkbp:tactics total war
marching through enemy territory
gptkbp:transportation railroads
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1864
1865