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William Tecumseh Sherman
General William T. Sherman in uniform and wearing a mourning ribbon for President Lincoln, photograph by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, 1865.
Sherman’s March to the Sea lasted for 37 days, taking place from November 15 to December 21, 1864. During this American Civil War campaign, William Tecumseh Sherman led his army 285 miles across Georgia to Savannah, employing a scorched-earth strategy to undermine the Confederate war effort.1