In its' day, it represented "Total War", just as the Atomic Bomb did in WWII.
My mom said they burned houses and people in them killing as much as every Pearson in rackdale and that was the end of the civil war
the Phoenix. atlanta was burned to the ground during shermans march to the sea. Atlanta has emerged as the new capital of the south.
I think 2100 union soldiers died/were wounded and roughly 1000 confederacy soldiers died/were wounder --summer =)
The people of Cuba benefited. The people of Puerto Rico benefited. The people of Guam benefited. The people of the Philippines benefited. The people of the United States benefited. The people of Spain probably benefited in that they received $20 milllion and were rid of the expense of trying to govern their foreign colonies who were in rebellion.
March to Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea
Savannah
1864
From Atlanta to Savannah
no one
Savannah
savannah
Georgia
yes
1864
Georgia