The March to the Sea, Bulloch County

The March to the Sea, Bulloch County is a Georgia historical marker in Bulloch County, dedicated 1957.

At the courthouse in Statesboro.

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On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his destructive campaign for Savannah – the March to the Sea. He divided his army [US] into two wings. The Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps), Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, moved east from Atlanta in two columns which converged on Milledgeville, crossed the Ogeechee River near Louisville, then marched on Savannah by two routes: the 14th Corps (Davis) on the old road along the Savannah River, the 20th Corps (Williams) via Springfield. Both Corps approached Savannah via Monteith. The Right Wing (15th and 17 Corps), Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, USA, marched south via Jackson and Gordon and crossed the Oconee River at Ball's Ferry. The 17th Corps (Blair) then moved via Tennille on roads south of the railroad until opposite Burton (Midville), crossed the Ogeechee River, and moved via Millen and the railway, destroying it enroute. The 15th Corps (Osterhaus) moved via several roads to Summerville (Summertown), from which place two divisions moved near the river on the old Savannah road and two via Statesboro. On Dec. 4th, Hazen´s and Smith's divisions, 15th Corps, camped at Statesboro, and Woods and Corse´s near Mill Ray (9 miles NE). Next morning, both columns moved toward Jenk´s Bridge (on US 80), from which point the final movements toward Savannah were begun.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of The March to the Sea, Bulloch County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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