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This Week in Georgia History:
On May 5, 1864:
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman began the first of many battles which comprised the Atlanta Campaign. The Campaign concluded on September 2, 1864 when the city fell to the Union.
After capturing the city, Sherman ordered his soldiers to burn any government or military building. On the march to capture Savannah, known as Sherman’s March to the Sea, the troops caused an estimated $100 million in damage by burning the countryside and destroying the personal property of many Georgia citizens.
Savannah fell to Union forces in December, and Sherman offered the city to President Lincoln as a Christmas present.
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