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Sherman's March
to the Sea was a demoralizing blow to what was left of
the Rebel
resistance during the Civil War. Starting with the razing
of Atlanta, Georgia, Sherman's army divided into two columns
and cut a 60 mile wide path of destruction across Georgia
in late 1864. Sherman's campaign continued into 1865 and
into North and South Carolina, where both Columbia and
Charleston were largely destroyed. Confederate forces
were unable to stop the carnage.
