. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . PATRIOT PUB. CO. WHEN SHERMAN MARCHED DOWN TO THE SEA This somber view of Fort McAllister, on the Great Ogeechee River, was taken soon after the terminationof Shermans famous march. As Byers sings of the achievement, the movement began in May, 1864, withthe advance against Johnston, but the usual understanding is of the march from Atlanta, which began onNovember loth. On December 10th, Shermans army had closed in on the works around Savannah. Thegenerals first move was to make connections with the fleet and its supplies. The countr
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . PATRIOT PUB. CO. WHEN SHERMAN MARCHED DOWN TO THE SEA This somber view of Fort McAllister, on the Great Ogeechee River, was taken soon after the terminationof Shermans famous march. As Byers sings of the achievement, the movement began in May, 1864, withthe advance against Johnston, but the usual understanding is of the march from Atlanta, which began onNovember loth. On December 10th, Shermans army had closed in on the works around Savannah. Thegenerals first move was to make connections with the fleet and its supplies. The country about Savannahafforded nothing but rice, which did not satisfy an army that for a month had been living on pigs, chickens,and turkeys. But the only convenient channel of communication was the Great Ogeechee, guarded by thefort that had defied the navy for two years. Its storming by Hazen, on December 17th, was welcome toShermans men above most victories. A foraging party had rowed down the river into Ossabaw Sound andmet a steamer coming in, the crew of wh
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