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Captures Atlanta, GA; planning for march begins
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Burns military/industries in Atlanta; sets out to march
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Sherman's March Span
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William Hazen's army begins to fight Georgian Confederate army
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Georgia's state capitol, Milledgeville, surrenders to Sherman's army
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Sherman's army arrives to the south of Savannah in need of supplies
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Hazen's army defeats the Confederates at Fort McAllister, opening up the Ogeechee River for the Union
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With fresh weapons/supplies, Sherman sends a warning message to the defenses at Savannah
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General Hardeen's army evacuates Savannah and Sherman's army takes control of it and its port
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Sherman offers President Lincoln Savannah along with 25,000 bales of cotton