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Sherman's March to the Sea
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties
Confederate: ~1,900
Union: ~3,100
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
Union
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Joseph_Wheeler
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:William_J._Hardee
gptkbp:destroyedBy
gptkb:infrastructure
railroads
farms
factories
gptkbp:endDate
December 21, 1864
gptkbp:endPoint
gptkb:Savannah,_Georgia
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Carolinas_Campaign
gptkbp:goal
cripple Confederate war effort
destroy infrastructure
undermine civilian morale
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Sherman's March to the Sea
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Georgia
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Savannah_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFor
total war strategy
scorched earth tactics
gptkbp:numberOfTroops
about 12,000 (Confederate)
about 62,000 (Union)
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Atlanta_Campaign
gptkbp:result
Union victory
gptkbp:significance
accelerated end of Civil War
demoralized Confederacy
influenced modern warfare
gptkbp:startDate
November 15, 1864
gptkbp:startPoint
gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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