What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
{{infobox military conflict |conflict = Sherman's March to the Sea<br/>{{small|Savannah Campaign}} |partof = the [[American Civil War]] |image = [[File:Sherman sea 1868.jpg|300 px]] |caption = Union soldiers destroying telegraph poles and railroads, and freeing slaves, who are assisting Union soldiers in making their way to safety. |date = November 15 – December 21, 1864 |place = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |coordinates = |map_type = |map_relief = |latitude = |longitude = |map_size = |map_marksize = |map_caption = |map_label = |territory = |result = Union victory |status = |combatants_header = |combatant1 = {{flag|United States|1863}} |combatant2 = {{flag|Confederate States|1863}} |commander1 = [[William Tecumseh Sherman|William T. Sherman]] |commander2 = [[William J. Hardee]]<br/> [[Joseph Wheeler]] |units1 = [[Army of the Tennessee]]<ref name=UOOB>''Further information:'' [http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar&cc=moawar&idno=waro0092&q1=organization&view=image&seq=39&size=100 ''Savannah Campaign Union order of battle'' (''Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIV, pages 19-25'')]</ref> [[Army of Georgia]]<ref name=UOOB/> |units2 = Confederate militia |strength1 = 59,545–62,204<ref>''Further information:'' [http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;idno=waro0092;q1=organization;view=image;seq=36;size=100;page=root ''Effective strength of the army in the field under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, November and December, 1864'' (''Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIV, page 16'')]</ref> |strength2 = 12,466<ref>''Further information:'' [http://ebooks.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moawar;cc=moawar;idno=waro0092;q1=organization;view=image;seq=894;size=100;page=root ''Abstract from return of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Lieut. Gen. W.J. Hardee commanding, November 20, 1864'' (''Official Records, Series I, Volume XLIV, page 874''