American Civil War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sherman's March to the Sea">Sherman's March to the Sea</a>: Major General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> troops reach the outer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> defenses of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>.