North America 1864: Sherman's March to the Sea
 
	
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											Sherman's March to the Sea
						
							
								20 Dec 1860 Secession of South Carolina
							
						
							
								8 Feb 1861 Confederate States of America
							
						
							
								12 Apr 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter
							
						
							
								21 Jul 1861 First Battle of Bull Run
							
						
							
								17 Dec 1861 Fight for Kentucky
							
						
							
								7 Apr 1862 Battle of Shiloh
							
						
							
								1 May 1862 Capture of New Orleans
							
						
							
								17 Sep 1862 Battle of Antietam
							
						
							
								22 Mar 1863 French Intervention in Mexico
							
						
							
								4 Jul 1863 Vicksburg and Gettysburg
							
						
							
								20 Nov 1863 Dominican Restoration War
							
						
							
								12 Jun 1864 Second Mexican Empire
							
						
							
								21 Dec 1864 Sherman's March to the Sea
							
						
							
								9 Apr 1865 Surrender of Army of Northern Virginia
							
						
					
				In 1864, the Union armies were placed under the command of Ulysses S. Grant, hero of Vicksburg. Grant attacked the Confederates in Virginia, wearing down Lee in a slow but steady advance on Richmond, while General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through Georgia to the sea, cutting the eastern Confederacy in two.