Sherman's Left Wing

Sherman's Left Wing is a Georgia historical marker in Effingham County, dedicated 1958.

At intersection of South Laurel Street and East 3rd Street in Springfield.

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On Dec. 8, 1864, the Left Wing (14th and 20th Corps) of Gen. Sherman's army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the Sea, was moving through Effingham County toward Savannah. Hq. Left Wing, Maj. Gen. H. W. Slocum, USA, was here in Springfield. The 14th Corps (Davis) was encamped at Ebenezer Church. The 20th Corps (Williams) had passed through Springfield and was encamped on the Eden road. On the 9th, Hq. Left Wing moved forward to Monteith. By the evening of the 11th, both the 14th and the 20th Corps were in line facing the Confederate fortifications of Savannah and the Siege of Savannah had begun.

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1825 · Beaufort District, South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1852 · Georgia, Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Sherman's Left Wing, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Sherman's Left Wing

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