Historical Marker

The March to the Sea

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2014

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The Story

After capturing Atlanta, General Sherman led some 60,000 Union troops on the destructive March to the Sea, reaching Savannah in December 1864; he spared the city and offered it to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift.

About this site

The March to the Sea is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2014. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0736, -81.0942 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemansonry (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Madison Square, British Southern Line of Defenses, History Of Emancipation: Special Field Orders No. 15, and Madison Square.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0736, -81.0942 · Savannah, Chatham County

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